Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society
Legal name on the register: GREATER VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SOCIETY
- Identifier
- CA-E-M45A-AHNC
- Address
- 1181 SEYMOUR ST, VANCOUVER, BC, V6B 3M7
- Earliest record
- July 1, 2009
- Also known as
- Vancouver International Film Festival
- Charity registration
- 118946821RR0001
- Business number
- 118946821
- Business number
- 800554248
- Vancouver licence
- 4514445
- Vancouver licence
- 4526449
- Vancouver licence
- 4533147
- Vancouver licence
- 4533542
- Vancouver licence
- 4604287
- Vancouver licence
- 4608681
- Vancouver licence
- 4626831
- Vancouver licence
- 4645518
- Vancouver licence
- 4654166
| Registrar | Instrument | Number | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada Revenue Agency | Registered charity | 118946821RR0001 | — | Registered |
| Place | Category | Number | First issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | Retail Dealer - Food | 4526449 | November 21, 2023 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Venue | 4604287 | October 24, 2024 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Business Support Services | 4514445 | November 21, 2023 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Theatre | 4533147 | November 21, 2023 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Venue | 4533542 | November 21, 2023 | Inactive |
| Vancouver | Venue | 4626831 | March 17, 2025 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Theatre | 4608681 | March 17, 2025 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Business Support Services | 4645518 | March 25, 2025 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Retail Dealer - Food | 4654166 | March 17, 2025 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Venue | 4843751 | November 14, 2025 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Theatre | 4823665 | November 14, 2025 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Business Support Services | 4863337 | February 19, 2026 | Issued |
| Vancouver | Retail Dealer - Food | 4872456 | November 14, 2025 | Issued |
A licence records permission to operate. It is issued by a municipality, not by a corporate registrar, and its presence says the organisation traded at that address on that date — nothing about whether it does today.
| Name | Position | Serving since | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Fostner | DIRECTOR | — | current |
| Barry Macdonald | DIRECTOR | June 19, 2024 | ended June 30, 2027 |
| Tina House | DIRECTOR | June 19, 2024 | ended June 30, 2027 |
| Valerie Prodanuk | DIRECTOR | June 19, 2024 | ended June 30, 2027 |
| Brian Chan | DIRECTOR | June 12, 2023 | ended June 30, 2026 |
| Brian Mcbay | DIRECTOR | June 12, 2023 | ended June 30, 2026 |
| Jennifer Emery | DIRECTOR | June 12, 2023 | ended June 30, 2026 |
| Kevin Eastwood | DIRECTOR | June 12, 2023 | ended June 30, 2026 |
| Catherine Olsen | DIRECTOR | June 15, 2022 | ended June 30, 2025 |
| Matthew Hall | DIRECTOR | June 15, 2022 | ended June 30, 2025 |
| Ross Gentleman | DIRECTOR | June 15, 2022 | ended June 30, 2025 |
| Sirish Rao | DIRECTOR | June 15, 2022 | ended June 30, 2025 |
| Arn Johal | DIRECTOR | June 9, 2021 | ended June 30, 2024 |
| Doreen Manuel | DIRECTOR | June 9, 2021 | ended June 30, 2024 |
Filed by the charity itself with the Canada Revenue Agency, under the Open Government Licence. This is the narrowest slate the source publishes — name, position, and tenure only; no address, phone, or email exists in the file to withhold. Why this is published and directors’ home addresses never are.
across 36 agreements, 2009–2026
| Paying institution | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Heritage | 18 | $3,081,557 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | 1 | $1,400,000 |
| Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | 2 | $754,500 |
| Employment and Social Development Canada | 13 | $446,571 |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | 1 | $445,988 |
| Western Economic Diversification Canada | 1 | $350,000 |
Awards are attached to this record only where the evidence identifies exactly one organisation: a name and postal area that narrow to a single company, or a name unique across the whole national corpus. Proactive publication truncates the vendor postal code to three characters, so anything that could belong to more than one company is left unattached rather than guessed at. Totals are a floor in that direction. The full rules.
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$24,736
- Licence first issued — Business Support Services
- Licence first issued — Venue
- Licence first issued — Theatre
- Licence first issued — Retail Dealer - Food
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$5,000
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$40,481
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$57,600
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$24,458
- Licence first issued — Business Support Services
- Licence first issued — Venue
- Licence first issued — Theatre
- Licence first issued — Retail Dealer - Food
- Licence first issued — Venue
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$22,172
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$57,600
- Licence first issued — Retail Dealer - Food
- Licence first issued — Business Support Services
- Licence first issued — Theatre
- Licence first issued — Venue
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$375,000
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$39,293
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$61,700
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$20,036
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$99,800
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$44,800
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$29,640
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$107,300
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$12,264
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$102,500
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$20,300
- Federal grant — Western Economic Diversification Canada$350,000
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$1,361,157
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$7,756
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$102,500
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$100,000
- Federal grant — Employment and Social Development Canada$3,451
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$101,700
- Federal grant — Canadian Heritage$50,000
- Federal grant — Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada$4,500
Showing the 40 most recent of 49 dated events.
4 publishers describe this organisation. They were joined into one record because the evidence below agreed — never on a matching name alone.
- Same name and postal code V6B 3M7asserted by Canada Revenue Agency and City of Vancouver
- Same name and address — 1181 seymour, vancouver, BCasserted by Canada Revenue Agency and City of Vancouver
An automatic merge requires a shared business number, or a matching name AND address — never a name by itself. How resolution works.
- Registered charities — directors and officers (2024 returns)Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada
- Registered charities — identification (2024 returns)Canada Revenue Agency · Open Government Licence – Canada
- Proactive disclosure — federal grants and contributionsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat · Open Government Licence – Canada
- Vancouver business licencesCity of Vancouver · Open Government Licence – Vancouver
This page is assembled from open data. It is not an official record, and the registrar is authoritative where the two disagree. How records are assembled.
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