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Data provided in the response list 67 actively leased properties across Canada and in five in other countries
The CBC owns nearly half a billion dollars in real estate holdings, according to recently released documents, with more than two-thirds of the value comprised of its expansive downtown Toronto broadcasting centre.
A response to a May 2023 order paper question submitted by Conservative MP Adam Chambers about the government-owned broadcaster lists 12 corporation-owned properties across the country, a portfolio worth $444,414,469.
But the corporation’s most valuable property by far is the CBC’s Toronto Broadcast Centre at 250 Front St. West, valued at $313.8 million.
The 13-floor, 1.7-million sq. ft. facility, opened in 1992, is the CBC’s primary broadcasting, production and master control facility for its national English-language operations.
The CBC’s corporate headquarters are located at its Ottawa production centre, occupying several floors of a leased building on Queen Street near O’Connor Street just steps from Parliament Hill.
The CBC’s broadcast centre in Vancouver ranks as the corporation’s second most valuable property. Built in 1975 and renovated 14 years ago, it is valued at $99 million.
The CBC Manitoba Broadcast Centre at 541 Portage Ave. in Winnipeg is valued at $11.7 million.
Other CBC facilities worth over $1 million include its facilities in St. John’s ($4.4 million), Yellowknife ($3.1 million), Fredericton ($2.8 million), Charlottetown ($2.6 million), Saguenay ($2.5 million) Whitehorse ($1.8 million) and a second facility in Winnipeg worth $1.5 million.