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Welcome to ACTRA

ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) is the national union of professional performers working in recorded media in Canada. ACTRA represents the interests of over 28,000 members across the country – the foundation of Canada’s highly acclaimed professional performing community.

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Lockout of ACTRA performers by some advertising agencies

For months, some advertising agencies have locked-out ACTRA performers who make commercials. Our performances made award-winning ads that got results—just as we’ve done for more than 60 years under a collective agreement these agencies tried to kill. But we’re fighting back and the agencies are feeling they’ve acted on bad advice.

Tell Ottawa to FIRE Cossette!

ACTRA performers are UNDER ATTACK by several advertising agencies, including Cossette Media which produces the federal government’s commercials. Tell Ottawa its time to fire union busters!

CLICK HERE to tell Ottawa now!

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AGREEMENTS

ACTRA has negotiated some of the strongest collective agreements for performers in the world covering film, TV, radio, digital media, animation, voice, videogame and commercial production.

ACTRA PRS

ACTRA Performers’ Rights Society (PRS) is the arm of ACTRA that collects and disburses use fees, royalties, residuals and all other forms of compensation or remuneration that performers may be entitled to as a result of their work.

DEALS & DISCOUNTS

ACTRA members in good standing are eligible to receive various deals and discounts from a variety of retailers and services from across Canada.

COST ESTIMATOR

Interested in hiring a Professional ACTRA Performer for your commercial production but don’t know how much it will cost?

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Introducing the AOPP

The ACTRAonline Opportunity Pilot Project (AOPP) makes working with ACTRA on digital ads simple and affordable.

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Branches

ACTRA National

625 Church Street, Suite 300
Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1

Phone: 416-489-1311
Toll Free: 1-800-387-3516

ACTRA National actra@actra.ca
ACTRA PRS prs@actra.ca
ACTRA RACS racs@actra.ca

Hours of Operation:
Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

HAVEN Helpline

Available to members of ACTRA, the Directors Guild of Canada and Canadian Actors' Equity Association, HAVEN Helpline is a national, bilingual critical incident reporting line offering counselling and support services.

We acknowledge that we live, work, meet and travel on the traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples that have cared for this land, now called Canada, since time immemorial. Read ACTRA's full Land Acknowledgement.