Program directory · Telefilm Canada
Promoting Canadian talent and content
- Department
- Telefilm Canada
- Program code
- BSR00 (CFDC)
- In Departmental Plans
- Not in a Departmental Plan · actual spending 2018-19 – 2024-25
What it does
Telefilm makes Canadian culture shine, builds audience loyalty, fosters discoverability and notoriety of talent and allows the marketing of Canadian content in Canada and abroad through funding programs and promotional activities. In Canada, Telefilm financially supports the marketing of feature films as well as film festivals and other events and promotional activities to highlight Canadian identity and diversity in terms of talent and content. Abroad, Telefilm supports Canadian companies in marketing and exporting their content, mainly by establishing Canadian business centres, implementing promotional campaigns and screening sessions and networking activities. Telefilm also financially supports the presence of Canadian talent at festivals, markets and events held around the world and the marketing of Canadian feature films in foreign territories.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promoting Canadian talent and content | This program | 2018-19 – 2024-25 | $237M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | Spending $28.1M, against $21.1M in 2019-20 (+33%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Spending $45.4M, against $28.1M in 2020-21 (+62%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $33.1M, against $50.4M in 2022-23 (−34%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
Success criteria
Neither this program nor its core responsibility has results indicators in GC InfoBase (internal services, for example, have none).
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | — | $21.1M |
| 2019-20 | — | $21.1M |
| 2020-21 | — | $28.1M |
| 2021-22 | — | $45.4M |
| 2022-23 | — | $50.4M |
| 2023-24 | — | $33.1M |
| 2024-25 | — | $38.1M |
Employees (FTEs)
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
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Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
