Appendix A: Ontario’s live music ecosystem
Numerous organizations play an important role in the live music sector, and we thank them all for the work they do. Here are some of them.
Funders
Public
- Department of Canadian Heritage
- Canada Council for the Arts
- Ontario Media Development Corporation
- Destination Ontario
- Celebrate Ontario
- Ontario Arts Council
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Municipal arts councils and governments
- SOCAN (private/public)
Private
- Radio Starmaker Fund
Music rights management
- SOCAN (private/public)
- Re:Sound
- ACTRA-RACS
- MROC
- Connect Music Licensing
Government partners
Federal
- Department of Canadian Heritage
- FACTOR
Ontario
- Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport and its agencies
- Numerous Municipal and Regional Governments across Ontario
Allied organizations
- Creative City Network of Canada
Unions
- Canadian Federation of Musicians
- Toronto Musicians’ Association
Music organizations
- Music Canada Live
- Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA)
- Music Canada
- Women in Music Canada
- Toronto Music Advisory Council
- Supporting Performing Arts in Rural Communities (SPARC)
- Community-based associations
Artist-focused
- Music Ontario
- Toronto Blues Society
- CARAS
- Canadian Music Centre
- Canadian Music Hall of Fame
- Ottawa Music Industry Coalition
- Music and Film in Motion
- Association des professionnels de la chanson et de la musique (APCM)
- Folk Music Canada
- Songwriters Association of Canada
- Music Managers Forum
- Canadian League of Composers
Presenter Support Networks
- Ontario Presents
- Réseau Ontario
- Folk Music Ontario
- Festivals & Events Ontario
- Orchestras Canada
- Opera.ca
- Choirs Ontario
- Jazz Festivals Canada
- CAPACOA
Updated: July 15, 2024
Published: March 17, 2022