Ontario Creates IP Fund
Also known as: Intellectual Property Fund · IP Fund - Linear Content · IP Fund - Interactive Content
The IP Fund (launched January 2025) is Ontario Creates' single content-creation fund, replacing both the Film Fund and the IDM Fund's core streams. Linear stream: Development $5,000-$25,000; Production up to $400,000 for drama features, $200,000 for docs and digital series. Interactive stream: Pre-Production $15,000-$50,000; Production up to $250,000-$500,000 by track record, at up to 50% of Ontario expenses. Non-repayable. Two deadlines per stream in 2026 (April and September).
Key facts
- Amount
- $5,000 – $500,000 Linear Content stream: Development $5,000-$25,000 (up to 50% of Ontario spend); Production up to 10% of Ontario spend, drama feature max $400,000, documentary max $200,000; digital series up to 30% of Ontario spend, max $200,000 (series over $2M Ontario spend: 10%, max $400,000). Interactive Content stream: Pre-Production $15,000-$50,000; Production $50,000 minimum, maximum $250,000-$500,000 depending on the applicant's track record, up to 50% of eligible Ontario expenses.
Against all tracked amounts, $1,000 to $500,000,000, logarithmic.
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$5,000 - minimum request ... $25,000 - maximum request ... Drama: $400,000 - maximum request ... Documentary: $200,000 - maximum request
- Instrument
- Conditional contribution
- Status
- Next intake not announced watch this page or subscribe to the calendar
- Who qualifies
- Businesses
- ontario-company
- Supports screen-based content creation by Ontario companies; detailed corporate-ownership and track-record criteria live in the stream guidelines PDFs (IP-Fund-Linear-Guidelines-EN.pdf / IP-Fund-Interactive-Guidelines-EN.pdf), not on the stream pages
- Company must register in the Ontario Creates Online Application Portal before applying
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- Where
- Algoma District · Cochrane District · Greater Sudbury (single-tier census division) · Kenora District · Manitoulin District · District Municipality of Muskoka · Nipissing District · Parry Sound District · Rainy River District · Sudbury District (excl. Greater Sudbury) · Thunder Bay District · Timiskaming District
11 of 11 Northern Ontario districts are eligible for this program. A filled dot is eligible, an outline is not.
Do you have to pay this back?
Explicitly non-repayable in both streams.
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How do you apply?
- Register corporate information at apply.ontariocreates.ca
- Optional program-coordinator consultation (available until two weeks before each deadline)
- Submit via the Online Application Portal by the stream deadline
- Assessment (Interactive stream uses external juries)
- Decision and contribution agreement
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Applications must be submitted via the Ontario Creates Online Application Portal (OAP)
Common questions
Do I have to pay it back?
No. Both streams are explicitly non-repayable, the Interactive stream page describes 'a non-refundable contribution of up to 50% of eligible Ontario expenses,' and the Linear stream is described as a non-repayable contribution.
Which stream do I apply to?
Linear Content for feature film (drama and documentary) and digital series; Interactive Content for video games and XR. Each has its own 2026 deadlines: Linear April 21 / September 22; Interactive April 13 / September 14, all 5:00 PM ET.
How much can a feature film get?
Development: $5,000-$25,000 at up to 50% of Ontario spend. Production: up to 10% of Ontario spend, capped at $400,000 for drama and $200,000 for documentary.
Can Northern Ontario producers stack this with NOHFC?
The IP Fund is province-wide, so Northern Ontario companies are eligible; many northern productions also pursue NOHFC's film and television stream and Ontario tax credits. Check each program's stacking rules in its guidelines, we haven't verified a combined-cap rule.
Where else could this money come from?
Chosen by what these programs have in common with this one, not by hand. The reason is shown for each, so you can judge whether it holds.
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Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credit (OCASE)
Open, continuous intake same funder (Ontario Creates); both for film & television; film, tv, ontario creates — Up to 18% of costs
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Ontario Film & Television Tax Credit (with regional bonus)
Open, continuous intake same funder (Ontario Creates); both for film & television; film — Varies; see program
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Waubetek Business Financing Program
Open, continuous intake both for startups & new entrepreneurs and small business, expansion; non repayable — Up to $99,999
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NADF E-Commerce Grant
Open, continuous intake both for startups & new entrepreneurs and small business, expansion; non repayable — Up to $8,000
Guides that cover this program
Notes on this record
All amounts and deadlines verified 2026-08-17 on the official Linear and Interactive stream pages. Also replaced the IDM Fund's Concept Definition and Production programs (predecessor_slug can hold only one, see ontario-creates-idm-fund, which also points here as successor). Interactive stream page: https://www.ontariocreates.ca/investment-programs/content-creation/intellectual-property-fund/interactive-content-stream. Detailed eligibility lives in the 2026-27 guidelines PDFs.
Apply
Apply on the funder’s site and confirm current terms there: