[2] The immediate predecessor to the NCCFA was the United Council of Filipino Associations in Canada (UCFAC) founded in 1963[1] by community leaders in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
She brought together Filipino community leaders from Vancouver, Montreal, and Winnipeg for the purpose of forming a national organization."
[1] In 1983, Dr. Rey Pagtakhan called community leaders from around Canada to his home in Winnipeg where they discussed the possibility of a new formation.
[5] As former UCFAC National President and Chair of the Canadian Ethno-cultural Council (CEC), Pagtakhan proposed major changes in the organizational structure that followed other CEC groups had and the federal government's Multiculturalism program guide.
In 1989, it organized a national dialogue on Filipino domestic workers during the International Women's Day celebrations in Toronto.