1935 | National Film Society of Canada is established in Ottawa to help local film societies screen foreign films, and to promote educational film activities; renamed Canadian Film Institute (CFI) in 1950
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1937
- 1939 | Public Archives of Canada establishes a Film Section and a Phonographic Section; but disbanded soon after
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1951 | Formation of the Canadian Film Archives Committee; with National Film Board of Canada as temporary custodian of historical films
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1957 | Canadian Film Institute appoints an Archives Committee
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1958 | Canadian Federation of Film Societies presents a large documentation collection to the CFI’s Archives Committee
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1963 | Canadian Film Archives established as a division of the Canadian Film Institute (Ottawa)
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1962
- 1963 | Founding of Connaissance du cinéma; which will become La Cinémathèque québécoise in 1971
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1967 | Fire at NFB storage facility destroys NFB’s nitrate collection, and Canadian Film Archives’ historical holdings
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1968 | Ontario government establishes the ontario Film Institute (OFI) ; with Gerald Pratley’s collection of films and documentation as its core holdings
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1968 | Public Archives of Canada undertakes film acquisition program and establishes Historical Sound Recordings unit
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1971
- 1972 | West Coast Film Archives founded as part of Pacific Cinematheque
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1973 | National Film Archives Division established at Public Archives of Canada
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1973
- 1975 | La Cinémathèque québécoise constructs climate-controlled storage facility in Boucherville, Québec
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1974 | CFI devolves its historical films and documentation collection to Public Archives of Canada
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1980 | Active archival collecting at Pacific Cinematheque ends
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1981 | Public Archives of Canada and NFB sign first deposit agreement
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1983 | Québec government passes Loi sur le cinéma du Québec, which includes recognition of La Cinémathèque québécoise’ cultural role
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1987 | National Archives of Canada Act proclaimed; renames Public Archives of Canada; recognizes the National Archives as official repository of government records of all media; includes right to acquire audio-visual records produced or distributed in Canada at lab costs
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1989 | Management of Government Information Holdings policy sets the primary policy context for federal records management, and recognizes all media
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1990 | Transfer of custody of OFI collection to The Film Reference Library, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group
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1993 | NA and CBC/SRC sign Agreement setting out principles and policies relating to the conservation by the National Archives of Canada of CBC records of national significance
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1995 | Task Force on the Preservation and Enhanced Use of Canada’s Audio-Visual Heritage makes 20 strategic recommendations in Fading Away: Strategic options to ensure the protection of and access to our audio-visual memory
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1996 | Alliance for Canada’s Audio-Visual Heritage founded; subsequently renamed the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada
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2000
- 2001 | A Preservation and Access Component is included in the Canadian Feature Film Policy
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