We provide funding and operating grants to:
- Arts and cultural groups and other members of creative industries
- Public libraries, community museums, heritage organizations and historical societies. Three museum advisors, one conservation advisor and one historical resources consultant offer specialized advisory services to these grant recipients and other Ontario museums and heritage groups. Their services include site visits, training workshops and printed material such as a Museum Notes series.
- Tourism associations, economic development corporations, municipalities, festivals and events, tourism businesses and organizations interested in undertaking tourism-related initiatives which support industry development and increased visitation.
This ministry is also responsible for:
- The $120,000 Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which honours established artists or organizations and one emerging artist whose creative visions and originality have made a major contribution to their field.
- The Public Library Service Awards, which identify and promote creative public library service ideas.