The Banff Centre is located in Banff National Park, Canada, UNESCO World Heritage site. The spectacular beauty of the Canadian Rockies surrounds the campus spread over 43 acres of land on the west side of Tunnel Mountain and just a few blocks from downtown Banff.

The Banff Centre is the arts and creativity incubator in Canada. Its mission is inspiring creativity. Over 8,000 artists, leaders, and researchers from across Canada and around the world participate in programs at The Banff Centre every year. Through its multidisciplinary programming, The Centre provides them with the support they need to create, to develop solutions, and to make the impossible possible.

The Banff Centre adds to Canada's and the world's cultural repertoire by commissioning, supporting, and producing new creative works. The Centre develops multidimensional artists for the international stage in an artistically rich learning environment. Its leadership programs equip people who want to change the world with the skills to do so.