Film & TV unions in Canada

26 guilds and locals represent crew, performers, directors and writers on Canadian productions. Pick one to see who it represents, what it takes to join and where it has jurisdiction.

ACFC West

Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople, Local 2020 Unifor. Represents film craftspeople in British Columbia.

National union of professional performers in English-language recorded media (outside BC, where UBCP/ACTRA is the autonomous branch). Represents actors, background performers, choreographers, dancers, singers, puppeteers, stunt coordinators and stunt performers.

Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

AQTIS 514 IATSE

Quebec Mega-Local for all technical and camera departments.

Quebec

ARRQ

Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec. Represents freelance directors working mainly in French in film, television, web and animation.

Quebec

DGC

Directors Guild of Canada. Represents directors and the key creative and logistical team: assistant directors, production and unit managers, locations, production design and art directors, picture and sound editors, post production and accounting. Works through district councils.

Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

IATSE 210

Stage and film technicians in Edmonton.

IATSE 212

Alberta Mixed Local. Covers Tech, Sound, Art Dept, and Picture Editing.

Alberta

IATSE 295

Regina local representing stage, projection and motion picture technicians.

Saskatchewan

IATSE 300

Saskatoon local representing film production technicians since the 1960s, covering about thirty craft departments across film, stage and projection.

Saskatchewan

IATSE 411

Ontario-wide local for the Production Office and Craftservice caucuses and Honeywagon Operators.

Ontario

IATSE 634

Northern Ontario technical local, covering technicians in Northern Ontario and Ottawa.

Ontario

IATSE 667

Cinematographers Guild (Eastern). Camera authority in ON, QC, and Atlantic.

Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island

IATSE 669

International Cinematographers Guild Local 669. Camera personnel in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut: directors of photography, operators, camera assistants, unit publicists and still photographers, video assist, digital and data technicians, and camera trainees.

British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

IATSE 709

Motion picture, stage and theatrical cinema employees in Newfoundland and Labrador, chartered in 2013.

Newfoundland and Labrador

IATSE 849

Motion picture technicians' local for the Maritime provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island

IATSE 856

Manitoba Local. Jurisdiction for Tech, Sound, FACS, and Transportation.

Manitoba

IATSE 873

Toronto area technical local. Jurisdiction for Script Supervisors and primary Tech Depts in the GTA.

Ontario

IATSE 891

Motion picture technicians' local for British Columbia and the Yukon.

British Columbia, Yukon

NABET 700-M UNIFOR

Ontario technical guild. Competitive jurisdiction for Tech, Craft, and Transportation.

Ontario

SARTEC

Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma. Represents French-language screenwriters in Quebec.

Quebec

Teamsters 155

Teamsters Local 155 represents eight divisions of BC's film industry: drivers, security, catering, animal handlers and wranglers, mechanics, marine personnel and miscellaneous.

British Columbia

Teamsters 362

Teamsters Local 362 motion picture division: drivers, wranglers and caterers on film, TV and digital media productions in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Alberta, Northwest Territories

Teamsters 938

Transportation and Logistics in Ontario.

Ontario

UBCP/ACTRA

Union of British Columbia Performers, the autonomous BC branch of ACTRA, representing performers in English-language recorded media in BC.

British Columbia

UDA

Union des artistes. Represents professional performers in French-language work in Quebec (and French-language artists elsewhere in Canada).

Quebec

WGC

Writers Guild of Canada. Represents English-language screenwriters: writers, story editors, story consultants and program, continuity, contributing and show writers. SARTEC represents French-language writers in Quebec.

Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut