---
title: "Canadian Heritage Information Network"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-heritage-information-network"
description: "The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) is a special operating agency of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Official website: canada.ca."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Canadian Heritage Information Network

Government of Canada · Agencies

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) is a special operating agency of the Department of Canadian Heritage. CHIN assists Canadian museums in documenting, managing, and sharing information about their collections, to ensure that this information is accessible now and in the future.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Agencies
- Class: Special Operating Agencies
- Portfolio: [Canadian Heritage](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-heritage)
- Wikidata: [Q3456610](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3456610)

## Official websites

- [canada.ca/en/heritage-information-network.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/heritage-information-network.html)
- [canada.ca/fr/reseau-information-patrimoine.html](https://www.canada.ca/fr/reseau-information-patrimoine.html)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:70), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Canadian Heritage Information Network", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-heritage-information-network