Program directory · National Film Board

Preservation, conservation and digitization of works

Department

National Film Board

Program code

BSP03 (NFB)

Core responsibility

Content accessibility and audience engagement

In Departmental Plans

2018-19 – 2025-26 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

This program sets out to preserve and digitize works in the National Film Board’s collection to secure their longevity and availability to Canadians today and in the future. At a time when media consumption has largely migrated to the Internet, making high-quality, innovative Canadian content available to Canadians remains an imperative. Failure to put a concerted effort into conservation and preservation will jeopardize this cultural heritage. The program uses appropriate identification, management, archiving and restoration tools and systems to reduce the risk of technological obsolescence, minimize the effects of time on the media supporting the works and ensure their physical security. Digitizing the works in the collection, in turn, enables Canadians to view them in the format and on the platform of their choice, wherever they may be located.

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).

No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.

Significant changes in scope and budget

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

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

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.