# List of Canadian films of the 1940s

This is a list of Canadian films which were released in the 1940s.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1941 |||||
| Churchill's Island | Stuart Legg | Narrated by Lorne Greene | National Film Board of Canada (NFB) short | Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |
| Inside Fighting China | Stuart Legg | Narrated by Lorne Greene | NFB short | Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominee |
| Mail Early | Norman McLaren | | NFB animated short | Norman McLaren's first film for the NFB |
| Warclouds in the Pacific | Stuart Legg | Narrated by Lorne Greene | NFB short | Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nominee |
| 1942 |||||
| High over the Borders | Raymond Spottiswoode | | NFB short | Academy Award for Best Documentary nominee |
| 1943 |||||
| Alexis Tremblay, Habitant | Jane Marsh Beveridge | | NFB documentary | Photographed by Judith Crawley |
| At the Crossroads (À la croisée des chemins) | Jean-Marie Poitevin & Paul Guèvremont | Paul Guèvremont, Denise Pelletier | Drama | Narrated by René Lévesque, the future premier of Quebec. |
| 1945 |||||
| Fridolinons | Roger Blais | Gratien Gélinas | Short | |
| The Music Master (Le Père Chopin) | Fedor Ozep & Georges Freedland | Madeleine Ozeray, Marcel Chabrier, Pierre Durand | Drama | The first of several feature films produced during the 1940s and early 1950s by Renaissance Films of Montreal. |
| 1947 |||||
| Bush Pilot | Sterling Campbell | Rochelle Hudson, Jack La Rue, Austin Willis, Frank Perry | Melodrama | |
| Whispering City and La Forteresse | Fedor Ozep | English cast: Helmut Dantine, Mary Anderson, Paul Lukas, John Pratt French cast: Paul Dupuis, Nicole Germain, Jacques Auger, Henri Letondal | Crime drama | Two films made simultaneously with each other, with different casts acting English and French versions of the same screenplay. |
| 1948 |||||
| Drug Addict | Robert Anderson | | NFB short | Canadian Film Awards (CFA) - Documentary |
| The Loon's Necklace | Budge Crawley | | Short | The film won the inaugural Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| Sins of the Fathers | Phil Rosen | Austin Willis, Joy Lafleur | Drama | |
| Who Will Teach Your Child? | Stanley Jackson | | NFB documentary | |
| 1949 |||||
| Begone Dull Care | Norman McLaren, Evelyn Lambart | Visual music presentation of Oscar Peterson | NFB animated short | At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Medal (Culture Films and Documentaries) award; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
| The Grand Bill (Le Gros Bill) | Jean-Yves Bigras, René Delacroix | Ginette Letondal, Juliette Béliveau | Comedy/drama | |
| A Man and His Sin (Un Homme et son péché) | Paul Gury | Hector Charland, Nicole Germain, Guy Provost | Drama | Canadian Film Award - Special Award |
| Perpetual Movement (Mouvement perpétuel) | Claude Jutra | | | Canadian Film Award winner for Best Amateur Film in 1950 |
| The Rising Tide | Jean Palardy | | NFB documentary | It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) |
| The Story of Dr. Louise (On ne triche pas la vie) | Paul Vandenberghe, René Delacroix | Madeleine Robinson, Jean Davy, Line Noro | Drama | First Canada-France co-production |
| The Village Priest (Le Curé du village) | Richard Jarvis | Ovila Légaré, Lise Roy, Denis Drouin | Drama | |