| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Artifact Small Format Film Festival | Calgary | | |
| Banff Mountain Film Festival | Banff | | |
| Banff World Media Festival | Banff | | Yes |
| Bleak Midwinter Film Festival | Calgary | Animation | |
| Calgary International Film Festival | Calgary | | Yes |
| Calgary Underground Film Festival | Calgary | | |
| Dreamspeakers International Film Festival | Edmonton | Indigenous films | Yes |
| Edmonton International Film Festival | Edmonton | | Yes |
| FAVA Fest | Edmonton | | Yes |
| Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival | Calgary | LGBT film | |
| Marda Loop Justice Film Festival | Calgary | Documentary films | |
| Northwestfest | Edmonton | Documentary films | Yes |
| Rainbow Visions Film Festival | Edmonton | LGBT film | |
| Reel Shorts Film Festival | Grande Prairie | | Yes |
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Asinabka Film and Media Arts Festival | Ottawa | Indigenous films | |
| Barrie Film Festival | Barrie | | |
| Belleville Downtown DocFest | Belleville | Documentary films | |
| Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Bloody Horror International Film Festival | Ottawa | | Yes |
| Breast Fest Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Buffer Festival | Toronto | | |
| CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival | Toronto | Short films | |
| Canadian Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| CaribbeanTales Youth Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Cinéfranco | Toronto | Francophone films | Yes |
| Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival | Sudbury | | Yes |
| Female Eye Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Festival Objectif Cinéma Desjardins | Ottawa | Francophone films | |
| Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories | Toronto | | |
| Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival | Huntsville | | |
| Forest City Film Festival | London | | |
| Future of Film Showcase | Toronto | Short films | |
| Grand River Film Festival | Cambridge | | |
| Guelph Film Festival | Guelph | Documentary films | |
| Hollywood North Film Festival | Picton, Quinte West, Belleville | Independent films | |
| Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival | Toronto | Documentary films | Yes |
| Images Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival | Toronto | Indigenous films | Yes |
| Inside Out Ottawa Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Ottawa | LGBT films | |
| Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival | Toronto | LGBT films | |
| Italian Contemporary Film Festival | Toronto | Italian and Italian-Canadian films | |
| Junction North International Documentary Film Festival | Sudbury | Documentary films | |
| Kingston Canadian Film Festival | Kingston | Canadian films | Yes |
| London Lesbian Film Festival | London | LGBT films | |
| Lost Episode Festival Toronto | Toronto | | |
| Making Scenes Film and Video Festival | Ottawa | LGBT films. Defunct 2005, replaced with Ottawa edition of Inside Out. | |
| Meaford International Film Festival | Meaford | | |
| North by Northeast | Toronto | | |
| Northwest Film Fest | Thunder Bay | | |
| One World Film Festival | Ottawa | Documentary films | |
| Open Roof Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Ottawa Canadian Film Festival | Ottawa | | |
| Ottawa International Animation Festival | Ottawa | | Yes |
| Ottawa International Film Festival | Ottawa | | |
| Pendance Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Planet in Focus | Toronto | | Yes |
| Punjabi International Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Queer North Film Festival | Sudbury | LGBT films | |
| Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival | Kitchener-Waterloo | LGBT films | |
| Reelout Queer Film Festival | Kingston | LGBT films | |
| Reelworld Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Regent Park Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| South Western International Film Festival | Sarnia | | |
| Take 21 | Toronto | | |
| Toronto After Dark Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Toronto Black Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Toronto International Teen Movie Festival | Toronto | | |
| Toronto Jewish Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Toronto Queer Film Festival | Toronto | LGBTQ-themed experimental film | |
| Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival | Toronto | | Yes |
| Toronto Tamil International Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Vox Popular Media Arts Festival | Thunder Bay | | |
| Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema | Waterloo | | |
| Windsor International Film Festival | Windsor | | Yes |
| World of Comedy Film Festival | Toronto | | |
| Name | City | Notes | CSA |
| Canada Independent Film Festival | Montreal | | |
| Canada China International Film Festival | Montreal | | |
| Carrousel international du film de Rimouski | Rimouski | | Yes |
| Cinemania | Montreal | | |
| Comedia | Montreal | | |
| Fantasia Festival | Montreal | | Yes |
| Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Rouyn-Noranda | | Yes |
| Festival du film de l'Outaouais | Gatineau | | Yes |
| Festival du nouveau cinéma | Montreal | | Yes |
| First Peoples' Festival | Montreal | | Yes |
| IF3 International Freeski Film Festival | Montreal | | |
| Image+Nation | Montreal | LGBT films | |
| International Festival of Films on Art | Montreal | | Yes |
| LeMIAFF! Montreal International Animation Film Festival | Montreal | | |
| Montreal Black Film Festival | Montreal | | Yes |
| Montreal International Children's Film Festival | Montreal | | Yes |
| Montreal International Documentary Festival | Montreal | Documentary films | Yes |
| Montreal World Film Festival | Montreal | | Yes |
| Les Percéides | Percé | | Yes |
| Quebec City Film Festival | Quebec City | | Yes |
| Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | Montreal | | Yes |
| Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma | Quebec City | | Yes |
| Saguenay International Short Film Festival | Saguenay | | Yes |
| Sommets du cinéma d'animation | Montreal | | Yes |
| Vues d'Afrique | Montreal | | Yes |
| Wakefield Documentary Film Festival | Wakefield | Documentary films | |
| The YoungCuts Film Festival | Montreal | | |
