ontario hub
Cooperative development support for Ontario game developers and media artists.
Next intake early 2027
Ontario Studio Residency
What the hub does
Ten weeks, eight modules on governance, money, decisions, and conflict, with weekly peer support from cooperative founders.
The Hub runs Cooperative Foundations in Ontario and adds the local layer: regional tax incentives, cooperative legislation, incorporation pathways, and Ontario funding.
Cooperative Foundations has run since 2021. The Ontario residency first ran April to June 2026.
With the support of:
The Hub supports early-stage Ontario game developers and media artists, on their own or as a studio. We centre IBPoC, disabled, trans and non-binary creators, and people facing economic precarity.
Build the network with us
We're building a network of Ontario organizations studios can connect to during and after the program, including industry associations, academic programs, co-op sector bodies, incubators, and equity-focused creative orgs.
Running an Ontario organization and want in? Get in touch.
Ways to get involved
- Referrals
- Guest facilitation
- Co-hosted events
- Curriculum feedback
- A contact studios can reach for support
Stress test the studio
before it needs a lawyer.
Cooperative Foundations is the ten-week program behind every hub: the format, the modules, and what it asks of you. The next Ontario intake is early 2027.
The Ontario Hub is part of our national network of regional hubs supporting cooperative game studios across Canada. See all hubs.