Portfolio Organizations

We refer to portfolio as a group of federal organizations, usually within a similar sphere of interest, that report to a Minister, or to Parliament through a Minister.

In addition to the Department of Canadian Heritage, which is charged with the development of laws and policies, the Canadian Heritage Portfolio comprises an important number of organizations active in the fields of arts, heritage, audiovisual and human rights.

The Canadian Heritage Portfolio consists of the Department, including two special operating agencies, the Canadian Conservation Institute and the Canadian Heritage Information Network, as well as:

• four departmental agencies
• ten Crown corporations
• one administrative tribunal

The Canadian Heritage Portfolio also includes four organizations active in human resources which report to Parliament through the Minister.

Departmental agencies

• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
• Library and Archives Canada
• National Battlefields Commission
• National Film Board of Canada

Crown corporations

• Canada Council for the Arts 
• Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Canadian Museum for Human Rights
• Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
• Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• National Arts Centre
• National Gallery of Canada
• Telefilm Canada

Administrative tribunal

• Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board

Human resources organizations

• Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal
• Public Service Commission
• Public Service Labour Relations Board
• Public Service Staffing Tribunal