Federal spending by National Film Board

2,342 records totalling $110,029,747.16 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Contracting

$110.0M

across 2,342 contracts over $10k

45.1%

of contract dollars awarded without competition (1,457 contracts)

83.7%

of contracts with known bid counts received one bid or fewer (1,464 reported)

"Without competition" counts solicitation codes TN (non-competitive) and AC (Advance Contract Award Notice). Non-competitive awards are legal and sometimes required; the rate is context, not a judgment.

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $98,537,306 $82,474,995 83.7%
2023-2024 $88,158,136 $71,606,782 81.2%
2022-2023 $88,286,756 $72,447,870 82.1%
2021-2022 $84,353,074 $69,336,699 82.2%
2020-2021 $83,014,122 $71,749,922 86.4%
2019-2020 $88,869,966 $75,910,304 85.4%
2018-2019 $83,997,552 $70,510,134 83.9%
2017-2018 $84,128,555 $66,354,291 78.9%
2016-2017 $71,481,758 $63,914,426 89.4%
2015-2016 $68,788,410 $59,921,189 87.1%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

20

of 28 targets met

5

targets not met

3

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets
  • Number of interactions between the National Film Board and its online audiences

    Target: — · Actual: 6527471.0

  • Percentage of digitized works in the total collection

    Target: — · Actual: 82.0

  • Percentage of production costs allocated to projects by filmmakers and creators from official language minority communities

    Target: — · Actual: 14.0

  • Number of interactions between the NFB and its online audiences

    Target: — · Actual: 6527471.0

  • Number of visits to NFB websites by educators and students

    Target: — · Actual: 1236940.0

National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2020-2021
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2025-2026
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2025-2026
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for client software related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)
FY 2025-2026
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2019-2020
United States
CEV INC $893,273.00
National Film Board | Office national du film
Acquisition of Other Machinery and Parts
FY 2017-2018
Canada
TEKNION LIMITED $737,801.59
National Film Board | Office national du film
Office furniture and furnishings, including parts
FY 2019-2020
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software
FY 2021-2022
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2020-2021
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
Rental of computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2024-2025
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software
FY 2024-2025
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2019-2020
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for operating system and utility software related to servers, storage, peripherals and components
FY 2022-2023
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software
FY 2022-2023
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2020-2021
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
License/Maintenance fees for application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery software
FY 2022-2023
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Production and Operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2025-2026
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Rental of computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2025-2026
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Other professional services not elsewhere specified
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Other professional services not elsewhere specified

National Film Board | Office national du film
Computer equipment related to Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) - Desktop/personal/portable (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2019-2020
United States
National Film Board | Office national du film
Rental of computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2022-2023
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Other professional services not elsewhere specified
FY 2019-2020
Canada

Industry related professional services

National Film Board | Office national du film
Rental of computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2022-2023
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Rental of computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2023-2024
Canada
National Film Board | Office national du film
Rental of computer equipment related to production and operations (P&O) environment - All servers, storage, printers, etc. (includes all related parts and peripherals)
FY 2024-2025
Canada