GREATER VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY: federal grants and contributions

Updated 11 October 2026 · Vancouver, BC · grants and contributions register · Vancouver Centre

GREATER VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY: federal grants and contributions: 35 agreements; $5.1M value; 5 departments; 12 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-155IDG50TO · Cite as: Assay Systems, “GREATER VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/greater-vancouver-international-film-festival-society/

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35agreements
$5.1Mvalue
5departments
12programs

Largest agreements

Atrium Revitalization Project$1.4Mvalue2019start2021end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

000023574$500Kvalue2023start2023end

Support a shoulder season international film festival in downtown Vancouver -Budget 2021

504767$446Kvalue2009start2010end

Vancouver International Film Festival [Oct. 1 - 16, 2009]

VIFF Centre Theatre Modernization project$375Kvalue2023start2024end

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

15608$350Kvalue2019start2022end

Support the Immersed Extended Reality Marketplace and Conference in Vancouver

PC0008743$250Kvalue2024start2025end

Incorporate new multidisciplinary live events into the Vancouver film festival program

Agreement$132Kvalue2015start–end
Agreement$130Kvalue2014start–end
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Agreement$129Kvalue2013start–end
Agreement$119Kvalue2012start–end
Vancouver International Film Festival$107Kvalue2021start2021end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Agreement$103Kvalue2016start–end
Vancouver International Film Festival$102Kvalue2019start2019end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

Vancouver International Film Festival$102Kvalue2020start2020end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

Vancouver International Film Festival$102Kvalue2018start2018end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

Agreement$100Kvalue2017start–end
VIFF Immersed$100Kvalue2018start2020end

Creative Export Canada

Vancouver International Film Festival$99.8Kvalue2022start2022end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Vancouver International Film Festival$61.7Kvalue2023start2023end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Vancouver International Film Festival$57.6Kvalue2024start2024end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Vancouver International Film Festival$57.6Kvalue2025start2025end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
Agreement$50.0Kvalue2017start–end
VIFF Provincial$44.8Kvalue2021start2021end

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

  • Canadian Heritage
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Supporting workers - Live events and arts sector
Vancouver International Film Festival$40.5Kvalue2025start2025end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Vancouver International Film Festival$39.3Kvalue2023start2023end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$29.6Kvalue2021start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

VIFF Centre Senior Matinee Expantion$24.7Kvalue2026start2027end

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

VIFF Centre Senior Film Engagement$24.5Kvalue2025start2026end

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

Vancouver International Film Festival$22.2Kvalue2024start2024end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Volunteer Program: Senior Inclusion and Participation project$20.3Kvalue2020start2021end

The objectives of the Program are: .• promoting volunteerism among seniors; .• engaging seniors in the community through.mentoring of others; .• expanding awareness of elder abuse, including.financial abuse; .• supporting social participation and inclusion of.seniors; and .• providing capital assistance for new and existing.community projects and/or programs for seniors. .

Vancouver International Film Festival$20.0Kvalue2022start2022end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Vancouver International Film Festival$12.3Kvalue2020start2020end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Youth - Canada Summer Jobs$7.8Kvalue2019start2019end

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.

National Indigenous People's Day at VIFF Centre$5.0Kvalue2025start2025end

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Celebrate Canada!

Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society$3.5Kvalue2018start2018end

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Departments

Canadian Heritage20agreements$3.3Mvalue7programs
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
  • Creative Export Canada
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Supporting workers - Live events and arts sector

All grants from Canadian Heritage

Pacific Economic Development Canada2agreements$750Kvalue1programs
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$446Kvalue1programs
Western Economic Diversification Canada1agreements$350Kvalue1programs
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation

All grants from Western Economic Diversification Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada11agreements$245Kvalue2programs
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

Years

20261agreements$24.7Kvalue1programs
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program
20254agreements$128Kvalue4programs
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program
  • Celebration and Commemoration Program - Celebrate Canada!
20243agreements$330Kvalue3programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20234agreements$976Kvalue4programs
  • Western Diversification Program
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20222agreements$120Kvalue2programs
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20213agreements$182Kvalue3programs
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Supporting workers - Live events and arts sector
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20203agreements$135Kvalue3programs
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
  • New Horizons for Seniors Program
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20194agreements$1.8Mvalue4programs
  • Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
  • Regional Economic Growth through Innovation
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
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20183agreements$205Kvalue3programs
  • Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
  • Creative Export Canada
  • Youth - Canada Summer Jobs
20172agreements$150Kvalue0programs
    20161agreements$103Kvalue0programs
      20151agreements$132Kvalue0programs
        20141agreements$130Kvalue0programs
          20131agreements$129Kvalue0programs
            20121agreements$119Kvalue0programs
              20091agreements$446Kvalue1programs
              • Marquee Tourism Events Program-Tier 2

              Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.