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CBC/Radio-Canada was established in 1936

The Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, home of CBC’s English services, viewed from the CN Tower in 2017.
The Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, home of CBC’s English services, viewed from the CN Tower in 2017. Canadian Broadcasting Centre August 2017 01 · Arild Vågen · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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CBC/Radio-Canada is a Crown corporation established by Parliament in 1936 as Canada’s national public broadcaster. Its current mandate is set out in the Broadcasting Act of 1991.

Scope & context

The broadcaster’s establishment and legal basis, not its programming history, funding or the earlier Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.

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