This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1976:
| width=21% | Title | width=16% | Director | width=22% | Cast | width=13% | Genre | width=28% | Notes |
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| The Absence (L'Absence) | Drama | ||||||||
| Blackwood | NFB documentary | Academy Award nominee | |||||||
| Breaking Point | Drama | Made with U.S. financing | |||||||
| Brethren | Drama | ||||||||
| The Clown Murders | Crime, mystery | ||||||||
| Cooperage | Documentary | Canadian Film Award – Theatrical Short[1] | |||||||
| Cotton Mill, Treadmill (On est au coton) | NFB documentary | This controversial 1971 documentary about the Quebec textile industry was held back from release by the NFB for 5 years. | |||||||
| Death Weekend | Horror | ||||||||
| Dreamspeaker | CBC-TV drama | ||||||||
| East End Hustle | Drama | ||||||||
| Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) | Dominique Michel, Denise Filiatrault | Comedy | [2] | ||||||
| The Far Shore | Drama | Canadian Film Awards – Supporting Actor (Moore), Art Direction, Cinematography [3] | |||||||
| Find the Lady | Comedy | ||||||||
| For Gentlemen Only | Short drama | ||||||||
| Goldenrod | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Director[4] | |||||||
| High Grass Circus | Documentary | ||||||||
| Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks | Don Edmonds | Sexploitation thriller | |||||||
| The Keeper | Horror | ||||||||
| The Last Cause | Documentary | ||||||||
| Let's Talk About Love (Parlez-nous d'amour) | Drama | ||||||||
| The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Horror-thriller | ||||||||
| Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas) | Drama | ||||||||
| Love at First Sight | Romance | Dan Aykroyd's first film | |||||||
| Mahoney's Last Stand | Drama | [5] | |||||||
| The Man from the Movies (Le gars des vues) | Drama | ||||||||
| Mindscape (Le paysagiste) | Animated short | ||||||||
| Naked Massacre | Thriller | ||||||||
| A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette) | |||||||||
| Partners | Thriller | ||||||||
| Second Wind | Drama | Canadian Film Award – Supporting Actress (Moore), Editing[6] | |||||||
| Shadow of the Hawk | Horror | Made with U.S. financing | |||||||
| Shoot | Cliff Robertson, Ernest Borgnine, Henry Silva | Action, adventure | |||||||
| The Street | 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 | Comedy | |||||||
| A Sweeter Song | Jim Henshaw, Susan Petrie, Susan Hogan, Peter Jobin | Comedy | Eastman's debut, Nick Mancuso's first appearance on screen | ||||||
| Donald Brittain, John Kramer | 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[7] |