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Lists of Canadian films

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ8272911 ↗
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This is a list of films produced in Canada ordered by year and date of release.

20th century

1900–1969

List of Canadian films before 1920

List of Canadian films of the 1920s

List of Canadian films of the 1930s

List of Canadian films of the 1940s

List of Canadian films of the 1950s

List of Canadian films of the 1960s

1970–1999

21st century

See also

Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time

List of Quebec films

List of years in Canadian television

List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

Sources

Melnyk, George (2004), One hundred years of Canadian cinema, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-3568-X

Rist, Peter (2001), Guide to the cinema(s) of Canada, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-29931-5

Wise, Wyndham (2001), Essential guide to Canadian film, University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-3512-4

Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films:A Chronological History, 1914-2008. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786433322.

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