Up until this week, the HD DVD camp had mostly ignored the Canadian market for its “five free HD DVD movies with purchase of player” promotion. The deal, where any purchaser of a new HD DVD machine could mail off for five free movies, applied only for those residing in the U.S.

In contrast, the five-free-movies deal offered by the Blu-ray Disc camp applied to Canada, giving the format an extra incentive for the market. That all changed on Monday, however, as the HD DVD Group extended its free movie offer to Canada.

First seen on the Canadian section of the official Xbox website, those who purchase a Toshiba HD DVD player, Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on (which is also made by Toshiba), or a Toshiba laptop with an HD DVD drive are entitled to choose five free movies from a list 15 different titles.

As with other free movie offers, the 15 movies are split into five different categories, forcing the consumer to choose one movie out of three from each category. Furthermore, the Canadian version of the deal requires the consumer to enclose a $10 check or money order to cover shipping and handling of the free movies.

The offer date range listed on the official form (PDF) starts October 15, 2007 and extends to February 28, 2008. Confusingly, the official Xbox webpage lists the start date as October 1, 2007.

Movies included in the offer are: Aeon Flux, Babel, Freedom Writers, The Hulk, Pitch Black, The Thing, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, TMNT, Full Metal Jacket, Firewall, The Frighteners, U2: Rattle and Hum, Black Rain, Darkman and Syriana.