Department of Canadian Heritage

Departments of the Government of Canada
Canadian Heritage
Minister	James Moore
Established	1993
Responsibilities	Citizenship and Heritage Cultural Affairs International and Intergovernmental Affairs and Sport Planning and Corporate Affairs Public and Regional Affairs
Employees	N/A
Department Website

Terrasses de la Chaudière, home of the head office of the Department of Canadian Heritage

The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage, is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, official languages (including La Francophonie), status of women, sports (including the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver), and multiculturalism. It also oversees Royal visits of the Queen of Canada and members of the royal family to Canada. It was formerly a part of the Department of Communications, until that department's technical side was merged into the Department of Industry in 1996, forming the Department of Canadian Heritage from its non-technical side. In late 2008, the multiculturalism component of this department was transferred to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration.

The current Minister of Canadian Heritage is the Honourable James Moore.

The department's headquarters are in Terrasses de la Chaudière, in Gatineau, Quebec, across the Ottawa River from the Canadian capital of Ottawa.

Related Legislation

• Department of Canadian Heritage Act
• Broadcasting Act
• Canada Council Act
• Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Act
• Canadian Multiculturalism Act
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act
• Copyright Act
• Cultural Property Export and Import Act
• Final Implementation of An Act to Amend the Copyright Act (Bill C-32)
• Fitness and Amateur Sport Act
• Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act
• Income Tax Act
• Investment Canada Act
• Library and Archives of Canada Act
• Museums Act
• National Arts Centre Act
• National Film Act
• National Sports of Canada Act
• Official Languages Act
• Physical Activity and Sport Act
• Radiocommunication Act
• Status of the Artist Act
• Telecommunications Act
• Telefilm Canada Act
• Multiculturalism

External links

• Canadian Heritage
• Culture.ca Main Site

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