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Canon in the pop culture landscape is really just shorthand for "is this story worthless or no?" and there's a lot of issues in regards to that thinking. It doesn't matter beyond if it fits in a certain continuity.

In terms of recent proof, Movie 15 has been alluded to on and off for a while in MPM. Kyurem being referenced is one of them.

Essentially, if it feels like it belongs to the main anime, it's in continuity/the movie is canon to the anime. The only exceptions are Movies 20, 21, and 23, which are their own alternate continuity (maybe, because they're more disconnected to each other than the movies to the main anime, but...