Bande à part is the French equivalent and also airs content as a weekend program on Espace Musique.

CBC/Radio-Canada also offers an extensive, free archives service showcasing pivotal moments in Canadian history from the 1930s on.

Over 8,000 online clips and interviews from news and information programs provide an in-depth look at Canada's past.

In 2003, the CBC won an Online News Association award in the "service journalism" category for its coverage of the SARS epidemic.

In 2004, CBC.ca was the only organization to win two awards from the Online News Association – one in the "specialty journalism" category for Canada Votes, its coverage of the 2004 Canadian federal election, and one in the "service journalism" category for ADR Database, a project from the CBC News investigative unit.

CBC.ca was also a finalist in the "online commentary" category for "Words: Woes and Wonder", a series of columns about the English language.