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Applicants are required to:

Read the CPTC guidelines and recent public notices;
Create a CAVCO Online account (if you do not already have one);
Complete the online application, which requires the following information / documentation:
- Corporate documentation (e.g. names of shareholders, officers and directors of the production company, as well as the corporate structures of any and all corporate shareholders of the production company, business numbers and incorporation numbers, and fiscal year ends);
- Financing and exploitation documentation (information on financing structure, exhibition market, territorial market, two-year clause commitment, as well as all agreements from entities providing financing to the production, and distribution or broadcast agreements);
- Personnel documentation (the names and remuneration for all key creative personnel and producer-related personnel, as well as CAVCO Personnel Numbers for all Canadian citizens or permanent residents occupying these positions);
- Documentation for non-Canadian producer-related personnel, if applicable (Form 01F12 or 01F13 and contracts for non-Canadian producer-related personnel and showrunners);
- Production details (synopsis, target markets, genre, duration, production form, principal photography and completion dates, and number of shooting days);
- Episode titles, if production is a series;
- CRA T2029 Waiver forms (for Part B applications submitted after the 24-month application deadline and before the 42-month application deadline. See more information on completing the T2029 Waiver form);
- Copy of the production for Part A/B or Part B applications (file may be uploaded with the application, or submitted on a DVD, Blu-ray, or USB flash drive) (three episodes if series);
- Expenditures documentation (locked budget, total labour expenditures);
- Final cost information for Breakdown of Costs in Part A/B or Part B applications (to preview a Breakdown of Costs form before completing this section of the application, see Forms page) (not applicable for treaty coproductions);
- Audit for Part A/B or Part B applications, for productions with budgets of $500,000 or more;
- Treaty coproduction information (information on country, name of coproducing company or companies, percentages of ownership, amount of financing, coproduction agreement) (if applicable);
- Chain-of-title documentation (may be requested during file analysis)
Pay the application fee.

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CanExport SMEs

Amount of Funding

Up to 50% funding to a maximum $50,000 grant per project;
Applicants may receive up to 50% of eligible costs for up to $10,000 to $50,000 in grant funding per project;
The applicant is responsible for the remaining 50% of costs;
The annual CanExport contribution maximum is $99,999 (in the event of multiple projects approved in the same government fiscal year);
A group of related companies cannot receive >$200,000 in funding in a single fiscal year. Projects budgets should be between $20,000-100,000; and
Applicants can apply for funding multiple times as long as their prior CanExport application has been completed all reporting is finished.

CanExport SMEs

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for the CanExport program, Canadian businesses must:

Maintain 1 to <500 full-time employees;
Earn annual revenues ranging from $100,000 to $100,000,000;
Be federally incorporated federally or classified as a limited liability partnership (LLP);
Create eligible project expenses of $20,000 or more; and
Be financially stable and able to pay all project expenses not covered by the program.

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