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Prizes Sorted by Discipline

Each year, the Canada Council awards over 70 prizes and fellowships to nearly 100 artists and scholars to recognize excellence in various disciplines in the arts, the humanities, and the social and natural sciences. Many of the prizes are privately endowed and are given in perpetuity, in memory of the donors.

In addition to the prizes and fellowships listed below, a wide range of grants and services are available to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, media arts, music, theatre, writing and publishing, interdisciplinary work and performance art, and the visual arts.

All Canada Council programs are accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural or regional communities of Canada.

For all prizes and awards, the term "Canadian" means either Canadian citizen or permanent resident, unless otherwise specified.

Architecture endowments and prizes are located on this page under  the  "Visual Arts"  tab or you may go to the main Architecture page.

You can also view the complete Alphabetical List of Endowments and Prizes of the Canada Council.

John Hobday Awards in Arts Management
Bernard Diamant Prize
CBC Radio Competition for Amateur Choirs
CBC Young Composers Competition
Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition
Healey Willan Prize
J.B.C. Watkins Award
Japan-Canada Fund
Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting
Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes
Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
Molson Prizes
Musical Instrument Bank
Robert Fleming Prize
Sylva Gelber Foundation Award
The Virginia-Parker Prize
Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards
Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts