---
title: "National Film Board"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/national-film-board"
description: "The National Film Board of Canada is a federal cultural agency established by an Act of Parliament in 1939. Official website: canada.ca. Not a government site."
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."
---
# National Film Board

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 National Film Board of Canada is a federal cultural agency established by an Act of Parliament in 1939. It produces and distributes original audiovisual works, with a mandate to interpret Canada to Canadians and to other nations.

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: Departmental Agencies
- Portfolio: [Canadian Heritage](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-heritage)
- Wikidata: [Q1530721](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530721)

## Official websites

- [canada.ca/en/national-film-board.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/national-film-board.html)
- [canada.ca/fr/office-national-film.html](https://www.canada.ca/fr/office-national-film.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:223), 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, "National Film Board", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/national-film-board