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Ontario Creates: IP Fund (Linear Content): the application questions

What Ontario Creates’s form asks you, word for word, with its length limits and what reviewers decide.

15 questions you answer6 written answers0 with a length limitSaved September 4, 2026

Ontario Creates: IP Fund (Linear Content) asks you 15 questions, 6 of them written answers. None of the documents we saved states a length limit for these answers. It asks for 9 documents with the application. Every question below is quoted from Ontario Creates’s own documents, saved on September 4, 2026.

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Register and qualify 3

1Company corporate information (OAP registration): both sub-streamsShort answer
The form’s words
Prior to starting an application, your company’s corporate information must be registered with the OAP. If your company is not registered, visit https://apply.ontariocreates.ca and select “Register”. If your company is registered, the Ontario Creates IP Fund deadline will appear in your dashboard.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
2Individual Producer credentials, or a pre-approved qualifying executive producer: both sub-streamsList
The form’s words
Ontario Creates will consider applications from producers who do not meet the applicant producer requirements provided an Ontario based qualifying executive producer who does meet the above qualifications is attached to the project. The qualifying executive producer must provide a signed letter outlining their involvement in and commitment to the project.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
3Financial statements: both sub-streamsList
The form’s words
Two sets of Financial Statements must be submitted with your application: one set for the most recently completed fiscal year, and one set for the fiscal year immediately prior:Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026

The project you are proposing 3

4Development activities and stages: DEVELOPMENT sub-stream onlyWritten answer
The form’s words
All stages of development activities are eligible for support. Projects may be supported one time only through the Development stream. Activities may include one or more of the following phasesOntario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
5Creative strength: project, script/treatment and audience: both sub-streamsWritten answer
The form’s words
potential to result in a high-quality projectOntario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
6Activities, deliverables, planning and risk: both sub-streamsWritten answer
The form’s words
clarity of activities and deliverablesOntario Creates · saved September 4, 2026

Budget and financing 4

7Development Budget (Ontario Creates template): DEVELOPMENT sub-stream onlyTable
The form’s words
Budgets for Development applications must be on this template. Budgets must be uploaded in Excel format. PDF versions will not be accepted. Applicants may request up to 50% of the total Ontario spend, to a maximum of $25,000. Expenses incurred prior to submission of the application are not eligible.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
8Financing Information and financing letters: DEVELOPMENT sub-stream onlyTable
The form’s words
All financing sources for the proposed activities should be listed in the Financing Information section, including your IP Fund request amount. The IP Fund is a last-in participant in project financing. All financing, other than the IP Fund request amount, must be confirmed at time of application. Applicants are required to upload financing letters to item # 12 of the Supporting Documents section of the application. Financing letters are required for all funding sources, including deferrals and company investments.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
9Schedule of Minimum Commitment of Ontario Expenditures (SMCOE): PRODUCTION sub-stream onlyTable
The form’s words
The submitted budget for Production must be accompanied by a Schedule of Minimum Commitment of Ontario Expenditures (SMCOE) on the Ontario Creates template. The SMCOE has significant weight in the assessment of your project's application.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
10Production financing plan and confirmations: PRODUCTION sub-stream onlyTable
The form’s words
At least 70% of financing in addition to Ontario Creates must be confirmedOntario Creates · saved September 4, 2026

Market, audience and release 1

11Marketing and Sales Strategy (Appendix 1): PRODUCTION sub-stream onlyWritten answer
The form’s words
Productions with a budget of up to $3.5 million without a confirmed Canadian distributor and documentaries and digital series of all budget levels, are required to submit the following elements of a marketing and sales strategy. Productions with budgets $3.5 million and over are not required to submit a marketing and sales strategy but are encouraged to provide one as an enhancement to their application.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026

Company track record and policies 3

12Company track record, team and diversity, equity and inclusion: both sub-streamsWritten answer
The form’s words
company experience with similar projectsOntario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
13Respectful Workplace Applicant Affidavit: both sub-streamsChoice
The form’s words
An eligibility requirement for Ontario Creates programs includes the applicant organization confirming that their interactions with Ontario Creates staff will adhere to Ontario Creates’ respectful workplace policies and that they have in place both guiding principles and a process for maintaining a respectful workplace. Please download the Applicant Affidavit from the Ontario Creates website or from the application form in the OAP, sign, and include with your application as instructed.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026
14Use of AI technology: disclosure: both sub-streamsYes / no
The form’s words
The use of AI technology must be disclosed and outlined in your application. This applies to (1) the use of AI to prepare content for the application form and supporting documents and (2) submitted projects that involve the use of AI technology in the creation of content or otherwise. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all applications and projects have access to all underlying rights including content that is created with the assistance of AI technology. Ontario Creates reserves the right to require a legal opinion confirming compliance.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026

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15Pre-jury project update: PRODUCTION sub-stream onlyWritten answer
The form’s words
Production Applicants will be offered an opportunity to provide a brief project update on their financing plan and other key commitments one week in advance of the jury meeting. There will be no other opportunities for applicants to update any supporting documents or elements of their application.Ontario Creates · saved September 4, 2026

What the reviewers are deciding

  1. What has this company already delivered?

    What to showName the comparable projects this company has delivered, the people who will do this one and the credits they hold, and dated, checkable evidence of diversity among senior leadership, staff and contract employees.

  2. Can you deliver this on budget?
  3. Is the project itself worth making?
  4. What does Ontario get for this money?

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  • If the application is incomplete or ineligible it will not be further evaluated and
  • There will be no other opportunities for applicants to update any supporting documents or elements of their application.

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Where these questions come from

Saved from Ontario Creates on September 4, 2026. Funders revise forms: open the current version before you submit. Eligibility, amounts and deadlines: Ontario Creates: IP Fund (Linear Content) programme profile.

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What does the Ontario Creates: IP Fund (Linear Content) application ask?

15 questions in total, including 6 written answers. The first ones: Company corporate information (OAP registration): both sub-streams; Individual Producer credentials, or a pre-approved qualifying executive producer: both sub-streams; Financial statements: both sub-streams. The full list, in the funder’s words, is on this page.

Is there a word or character limit?

None of the documents we saved from Ontario Creates states a length limit for these answers. Check the current form before you write.

What documents does the application need?

Ontario Creates asks for 9 documents with the application. The list is in Premium, with the full form drafted for you.