title: List of Canadian films of 1976
text: # List of Canadian films of 1976
  
  This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1976:
  
  | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | The Absence (L'Absence) | Brigitte Sauriol | | Drama | |
  | Blackwood | Andy Thomson & Tony Ianzelo | David Blackwood | NFB documentary | Academy Award nominee |
  | Breaking Point | Bob Clark | Bo Svensen, Robert Culp, Belinda Montgomery, Stephen Young | Drama | Made with U.S. financing |
  | Brethren | Dennis Zahoruk | Thomas Hauff, Kenneth Welsh | Drama | |
  | The Clown Murders | Martyn Burke | Stephen Young, Susan Keller, Lawrence Dane | Crime, mystery | |
  | Cooperage | Phillip Borsos | | Documentary | Canadian Film Award – Theatrical Short |
  | Cotton Mill, Treadmill (On est au coton) | Denys Arcand | | NFB documentary | This controversial 1971 documentary about the Quebec textile industry was held back from release by the NFB for 5 years. |
  | Death Weekend | William Fruet | Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata | Horror | |
  | Dreamspeaker | Claude Jutra | Ian Tracey, George Clutesi, Jacques Hubert | CBC-TV drama | |
  | East End Hustle | Frank Vitale | Allan Moyle | Drama | |
  | Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) | Claude Fournier | Dominique Michel, Denise Filiatrault | Comedy | |
  | The Far Shore | Joyce Weiland | Céline Lomez, Frank Moore, Lawrence Benedict, Sean McCann | Drama | Canadian Film Awards – Supporting Actor (Moore), Art Direction, Cinematography |
  | Find the Lady | John Trent | Lawrence Dane, John Candy, Dick Emery, Mickey Rooney | Comedy | |
  | For Gentlemen Only | Michael Scott | Ed McNamara, Hugh Webster | Short drama | |
  | Goldenrod | Harvey Hart | Tony LoBianco, Donald Pleasence, Gloria Carlin, Donnelly Rhodes | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Director |
  | High Grass Circus | Tony Ianzelo, Torben Schioler | | Documentary | |
  | Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks | Don Edmonds | Dyanne Thorne, Max Thayer | Sexploitation thriller | |
  | The Keeper | Thomas Y. Drake | Christopher Lee | Horror | |
  | The Last Cause | Alex Cramer | Warren Davis | Documentary | |
  | Let's Talk About Love (Parlez-nous d'amour) | Jean-Claude Lord | | Drama | |
  | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Nicolas Gessner | Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen | Horror-thriller | |
  | Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas) | Jean-Guy Noël | Claude Maher, Gilbert Sicotte, Micheline Lanctôt | Drama | |
  | Mahoney's Last Stand | Harvey Hart | Alexis Kanner, Maud Adams, Sam Waterston | Drama | |
  | The Man from the Movies (Le gars des vues) | Jean Pierre Lefebvre | | Drama | |
  | Mindscape (Le paysagiste) | Jacques Drouin | | Animated short | |
  | Naked Massacre | Denis Héroux | Mathieu Carrière, Debra Berger, Christine Boisson | Thriller | |
  | A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette) | André Forcier | | | |
  | Partners | Don Owen | Hollis McLaren, Denholm Elliott, Michael Margotta, Robert A. Silverman | Thriller | |
  | Second Wind | Don Shebib | James Naughton, Lindsay Wagner, Ken Pogue | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Supporting Actress (Moore), Editing |
  | Shadow of the Hawk | George McCowan | Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George | Horror | Made with U.S. financing |
  | Shoot | Harvey Hart | Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva | Action, adventure | |
  | The Street | Caroline Leaf | | NFB animated short based on a Mordecai Richler short story | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Academy Awards; AV Preservation Trust Masterwork |
  | The Supreme Kid | Peter Bryant | Frank Moore, Jim Henshaw, Helen Shaver | Comedy | |
  | A Sweeter Song | Allan Eastman | Jim Henshaw, Susan Petrie, Susan Hogan, Peter Jobin | Comedy | Eastman's debut, Nick Mancuso's first appearance on screen |
  | Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Donald Brittain, John Kramer | Narration by Donald Brittain; readings by Richard Burton | NFB documentary | Academy Award nominee; Canadian Film Awards – Non-Feature Direction, Non-Feature Screenplay, Non-Feature Editing, Non-Feature Sound, Non-Feature Musical Score, Documentary |
  