Canadians at the Oscars, by the Numbers

When it comes to winning Oscars®, Canada has produced an impressive list of winners and a remarkable number of awards. To date, 10 Oscars® have been presented to National Film Board of Canada films and it received an honourary Oscar® in 1989 "in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative and technological activity and excellence in every area of film making." The 2007 nominations included the Board’s The Danish Poet, directed and animated by Torill Kove, a Canada/Norway co-production.

The 2007 nominations also included a Best Actor nod for Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) and Best Original Screenplay for Paul Haggis (Letters from Iwo Jima), and individual Canadians have been getting their hands on the coveted statue almost from the very first year they were presented. Back when it all started, the "film year" was different. The first awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, to honour films that had been released in Hollywood from the be