The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada: federal grants and contributions

Updated 11 October 2026 · Stratford, ON · grants and contributions register · Perth–Wellington

The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada: federal grants and contributions: 3 agreements; $10.4M value; 1 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-0EJLFXY1CH · Cite as: Assay Systems, “The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/the-stratford-shakespearean-festival-of-canada/

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3agreements
$10.4Mvalue
1departments
3programs

Largest agreements

1000867$10.0Mvalue2021start2023end

This project will support the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada (Stratford Festival). Project activities will include adapting the 2021 Stratford Festival to meet COVID-19 health and safety requirements and returning the 2022 Stratford Festival to pre-pandemic scale and scope helping the organization recover from the impacts of the pandemic, remain competitive among similar festivals in North America, support the retention of artists, art workers, and hospitality sector employees and attract visitors.

1017424$250Kvalue2024start2024end

To extend the Stratford Shakespearean Festival programming for the 2024 fall and holiday season.

815237$200Kvalue2019start2020end

The objective of the project is to extend one play from each of the 2019 and 2020 Festival seasons into the late fall to promote shoulder season tourism.

Departments

Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario3agreements$10.4Mvalue3programs
  • Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative (MFESI)
  • Tourism Growth Program (TGP)
  • Canadian Experience Fund - Regional

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

Years

20241agreements$250Kvalue1programs
  • Tourism Growth Program (TGP)
20211agreements$10.0Mvalue1programs
  • Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative (MFESI)
20191agreements$200Kvalue1programs
  • Canadian Experience Fund - Regional

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.