Canada's Top Ten

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Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films. [1] The list was first introduced in 2001 as an initiative to help publicize Canadian films. [1] Normally announced in December each year, the 2024 list was not announced until early January 2025. [2]

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The list is determined by tabulating votes from film festival programmers and film critics across Canada. [3] Films must have premiered, either in general theatrical release or on the film festival circuit, within the calendar year; although TIFF organizes the vote, films do not have to have been screened specifically at TIFF to be eligible.

Originally, only a single list of 10 films was released. Although both short and feature films were eligible, the list was dominated primarily by feature films. Accordingly, in 2007 TIFF expanded the program, instituting separate Top Ten lists for feature films and short films. [4] However, both lists remain inclusive of both narrative fiction and documentary films.

In a 2022 article, Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail praised the program as a diverse overview of the creative risk-taking in Canadian cinema, and a worthwhile contrast to the limited scope of conventional commercial film distribution. [5] Conversely, in 2025, Pat Mullen of Point of View criticized the program for seemingly ignoring documentary films, with only one feature and two short documentaries highlighted in that year's list. [6]

Screening series

Each year's list was formerly screened as a Canada's Top Ten minifestival, held in January of the following year. [7] Prior to 2010, the films were screened at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Theatre as part of TIFF's Cinematheque Ontario program; [8] following the opening of the TIFF Bell Lightbox in 2010, the festival was staged at that venue thereafter. For the 2014 festival, TIFF introduced a People's Choice Award for the feature film program, modeled on the existing Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award and conducted in the same manner. [9]

In 2018, TIFF dropped the January festival, instead introducing a new model in which each film receives its own standalone theatrical run at the Lightbox in the following year. [10] They subsequently dropped this model, and returned to screening the honored films at a dedicated Canada's Top Ten screening series in the winter programming season, [11] although the series has not reintroduced a People's Choice award as of 2024.

Other activities

In 2024, following the death of influential Canadian film director Charles Officer in fall 2023, TIFF and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation also announced the creation of the Charles Officer Legacy Award, to be presented at the Canada's Top Ten reception to a filmmaker whose body of work is reflective of Officer's values, artistry and vision. [12] The inaugural recipient of the Charles Officer Legacy Award is slated to be announced on February 5, 2025, at the opening of the Canada's Top Ten screening series.

Once per decade, TIFF also polls Canadian film critics and festival programmers to determine a list of the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time, separately from the annual Canada's Top Ten survey.

Unified list (2000-2006)

YearFilmDirectorRef
2001 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk [13]
Ginger Snaps John Fawcett
The Heart of the World Guy Maddin
Khaled Asghar Massombagi
Last Wedding Bruce Sweeney
Marriages (Mariages) Catherine Martin
Parsley Days Andrea Dorfman
Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) André Turpin
The Woman Who Drinks (La femme qui boit) Bernard Émond
The Uncles James Allodi
2002 Ararat Atom Egoyan [14]
Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides) Manon Briand
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Guy Maddin
Flower and Garnet Keith Behrman
Gambling, Gods and LSD Peter Mettler
Marion Bridge Wiebke von Carolsfeld
The Negro (Le Nèg') Robert Morin
Ocean (Océan) Catherine Martin
Spider David Cronenberg
Tom Mike Hoolboom
2003 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling) Bernard Émond [15]
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasion barbares) Denys Arcand
The Corporation Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Dying at Grace Allan King
Falling Angels Scott Smith
Far Side of the Moon (La Face cachée de la lune) Robert Lepage
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones Sudz Sutherland
My Life Without Me Isabel Coixet
On the Corner Nathaniel Geary
The Saddest Music in the World Guy Maddin
2004 Childstar Don McKellar [16]
The Five of Us (Elles étaient cinq) Ghyslaine Côté
I, Claudia Chris Abraham
It's All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse
Ryan Chris Landreth
Saint Ralph Michael McGowan
Scared Sacred Velcrow Ripper
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Peter Raymont
What Remains of Us (Ce qu'il reste de nous) François Prévost, Hugo Latulippe
White Skin (La Peau blanche) Daniel Roby
2005 C.R.A.Z.Y. Jean-Marc Vallée [17]
Dodging the Clock (Horloge biologique) Ricardo Trogi
Familia Louise Archambault
A History of Violence David Cronenberg
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico Michael Mabbott
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company Allan King
The Novena (La Neuvaine) Bernard Émond
A Simple Curve Aubrey Nealon
Water Deepa Mehta
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan
2006 Away from Her Sarah Polley [18]
Congorama Philippe Falardeau
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn
Manufactured Landscapes Jennifer Baichwal
Monkey Warfare Reginald Harkema
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) Noël Mitrani
Radiant City Gary Burns, Jim Brown
Sharkwater Rob Stewart
A Sunday in Kigali (Un dimanche à Kigali) Robert Favreau
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Mike Clattenburg

Feature films (2007-present)

2000s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2007 Amal Richie Mehta [4]
Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) Stéphane Lafleur
Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres) Denys Arcand
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg
Fugitive Pieces Jeremy Podeswa
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman Peter Raymont
The Tracey Fragments Bruce McDonald
Up the Yangtze Yung Chang
Young People Fucking Martin Gero
2008 Adoration Atom Egoyan [8]
Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu
Fifty Dead Men Walking Kari Skogland
Heaven on Earth Deepa Mehta
It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure) Philippe Falardeau
Lost Song Rodrigue Jean
Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Léa Pool
The Memories of Angels (La Memoire des anges) Luc Bourdon
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Benoît Pilon
Pontypool Bruce McDonald
2009 Cairo Time Ruba Nadda [19]
Carcasses Denis Côté
Crackie Sherry White
Defendor Peter Stebbings
I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) Xavier Dolan
The Legacy (La Donation) Bernard Émond
Passenger Side Matt Bissonnette
Polytechnique Denis Villeneuve
The Trotsky Jacob Tierney
The Wild Hunt Alexandre Franchi

2010s

Films highlighted in yellow below were the winners of the People's Choice award at the Canada's Top Ten minifestival.

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010 Barney's Version Richard J. Lewis [20]
Curling Denis Côté
Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) Xavier Dolan
The High Cost of Living Deborah Chow
Incendies Denis Villeneuve
Last Train Home Lixin Fan
Modra Ingrid Veninger
Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna) Catherine Martin
Splice Vincenzo Natali
Trigger Bruce McDonald
2011 Café de Flore Jean-Marc Vallée [21]
Citizen Gangster Nathan Morlando
A Dangerous Method David Cronenberg
Hobo With a Shotgun Jason Eisener
Keyhole Guy Maddin
Monsieur Lazhar Philippe Falardeau
The Salesman (Le Vendeur) Sébastien Pilote
Starbuck Ken Scott
Take This Waltz Sarah Polley
Wetlands (Marécages) Guy Édoin
2012 Cosmopolis David Cronenberg [22]
The End of Time Peter Mettler
Goon Michael Dowse
Laurence Anyways Xavier Dolan
Midnight's Children Deepa Mehta
My Awkward Sexual Adventure Sean Garrity
Still Mine Michael McGowan
Stories We Tell Sarah Polley
War Witch (Rebelle) Kim Nguyen
The World Before Her Nisha Pahuja
2013 Asphalt Watches Shayne Ehman, Seth Scriver [23]
Enemy Denis Villeneuve
The F Word Michael Dowse
Gabrielle Louise Archambault
Rhymes for Young Ghouls Jeff Barnaby
Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) Chloé Robichaud
Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) Xavier Dolan
Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (Vic et Flo ont vu un ours) Denis Côté
Watermark Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky
When Jews Were Funny Alan Zweig
2014 Monsoon Sturla Gunnarsson [24]
Corbo Mathieu Denis [25]
Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) Maxime Giroux
In Her Place Albert Shin
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Mommy Xavier Dolan
The Price We Pay Harold Crooks
Sol Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Susan Avingaq
Violent Andrew Huculiak
You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) Stéphane Lafleur
2015 My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) Philippe Falardeau [26]
Closet Monster Stephen Dunn [27]
The Demons (Les Démons) Philippe Lesage
The Forbidden Room Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard
Hurt Alan Zweig
Into the Forest Patricia Rozema
Ninth Floor Mina Shum
Our Loved Ones (Les êtres chers) Anne Émond
Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino
2016 Angry Inuk Alethea Arnaquq-Baril [28]
Hello Destroyer Kevan Funk [7]
It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) Xavier Dolan
Mean Dreams Nathan Morlando
Nelly Anne Émond
Old Stone Johnny Ma
Searchers (Maliglutit) Zacharias Kunuk, Natar Ungalaaq
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie
Werewolf Ashley McKenzie
Window Horses Ann Marie Fleming
2017 Unarmed Verses Charles Officer [29]
Adventures in Public School Kyle Rideout [30]
Allure Carlos Sanchez, Jason Sanchez
Ava Sadaf Foroughi
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Simon Lavoie
Luk'Luk'I Wayne Wapeemukwa
Never Steady, Never Still Kathleen Hepburn
Our People Will Be Healed Alanis Obomsawin
Ravenous (Les Affamés) Robin Aubert
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Alfonso Maiorana, Catherine Bainbridge
2018 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky [31]
Edge of the Knife Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown
Firecrackers Jasmin Mozaffari
The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Sébastien Pilote
Freaks Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein
Genesis (Genèse) Philippe Lesage
Giant Little Ones Keith Behrman
Mouthpiece Patricia Rozema
Roads in February (Les routes en février) Katherine Jerkovic
What Walaa Wants Christy Garland
2019 And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) Louise Archambault [32]
Anne at 13,000 Ft. Kazik Radwanski
Antigone Sophie Deraspe
Black Conflux Nicole Dorsey
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Kathleen Hepburn
Matthias & Maxime Xavier Dolan
Murmur Heather Young
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk Zacharias Kunuk
The Twentieth Century Matthew Rankin
White Lie Calvin Thomas, Yonah Lewis

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020 Beans Tracey Deer [33]
Fauna Nicolás Pereda
Funny Boy Deepa Mehta
Inconvenient Indian Michelle Latimer
Judy Versus Capitalism Mike Hoolboom
The Kid Detective Evan Morgan
Nadia, Butterfly Pascal Plante
The Nest Sean Durkin
No Ordinary Man Chase Joynt, Aisling Chin-Yee
Possessor Brandon Cronenberg
2021 All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan [34]
Charlotte Eric Warin, Tahir Rana
Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) Ivan Grbovic
Learn to Swim Thyrone Tommy
Night Raiders Danis Goulet
Maria Chapdelaine Sébastien Pilote
Scarborough Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson
Ste. Anne Rhayne Vermette
Subjects of Desire Jennifer Holness
The White Fortress Igor Drljača
2022 Black Ice Hubert Davis [35]
Brother Clement Virgo
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg
I Like Movies Chandler Levack
Riceboy Sleeps Anthony Shim
Rosie Gail Maurice
Something You Said Last Night Luis De Filippis
This House (Cette maison) Miryam Charles
To Kill a Tiger Nisha Pahuja
Viking Stéphane Lafleur
2023 BlackBerry Matt Johnson [36]
Hey, Viktor! Cody Lightning
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) Ariane Louis-Seize
Kanaval Henri Pardo
The Queen of My Dreams Fawzia Mirza
Seagrass Meredith Hama-Brown
Seven Veils Atom Egoyan
Solo Sophie Dupuis
Someone Lives Here Zack Russell
Tautuktavuk (What We See) Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk
2024 40 Acres R. T. Thorne [2]
Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story Michael Mabbott, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee
Can I Get a Witness? Ann Marie Fleming
Matt and Mara Kazik Radwanski
Paying for It Sook-Yin Lee
Rumours Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Seeds Kaniehtiio Horn
Shepherds (Bergers) Sophie Deraspe
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Universal Language Matthew Rankin

Short films (2007-present)

2000s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2007 Code 13 Mathieu Denis [4]
The Colony Jeff Barnaby
Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! Sébastien Pilote
Farmer's Requiem Ramses Madina
I Have Seen the Future Cam Christiansen
I Met the Walrus Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski
Pool Chris Chong Chan Fui
The Schoolyard (Les Grands) Chloé Leriche
Terminus Trevor Cawood
2008 Beyond the Walls (La Battue) Guy Édoin [8]
Block B Chris Chong Chan Fui
Drux Flux Theodore Ushev
Ghosts and Gravel Roads Mike Rollo
Green Door Semi Chellas
My Name Is Victor Gazon (Mon nom est Victor Gazon) Patrick Gazé
Next Floor Denis Villeneuve
Nikamowin (Song) Kevin Lee Burton
Passages Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Princess Margaret Blvd. Kazik Radwanski
2009 The Armoire Jamie Travis [19]
The Cave Helen Haig-Brown
Danse Macabre Pedro Pires
Five Hole: Tales of Hockey Erotica Cam Christiansen
Life Begins (La Vie commence) Émile Proulx-Cloutier
Naissances Anne Émond
Out in That Deep Blue Sea Kazik Radwanski
Runaway Cordell Barker
The Spine Chris Landreth
Vive la rose Bruce Alcock

2010s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2010 Above the Knee Greg Atkins [20]
I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors Ann Marie Fleming
The Legend of Beaver Dam Jerome Sable
Lipsett Diaries Theodore Ushev
Little Flowers (Les Fleurs de l'âge) Vincent Biron
The Little White Cloud That Cried Guy Maddin
Marius Borodine Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Mokhtar Halima Ouardiri
On the Way to the Sea Tao Gu
Vapor Kaveh Nabatian
2011 Choke Michelle Latimer [21]
Doubles with Slight Pepper Ian Harnarine
The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar Igor Drljaca
Hope Pedro Pires
No Words Came Down Ryan Flowers, Lisa Pham
Ora Philippe Baylaucq
Rhonda's Party Ashley McKenzie
La Ronde Sophie Goyette
Trotteur Arnaud Brisebois, Francis Leclerc
We Ate the Children Last Andrew Cividino
2012 Bydlo Patrick Bouchard [22]
Crackin' Down Hard Mike Clattenburg
Herd Leader (Chef de meute) Chloé Robichaud
Kaspar Diane Obomsawin
Keep a Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste) Deco Dawson
Lingo Bahar Noorizadeh
Malody Phillip Barker
Old Growth Tess Girard
Reflexions Martin Thibaudeau
Wintergreen (Paparmane) Joëlle Desjardins Paquette
2013 A Grand Canal Johnny Ma [23]
The Chaperone 3D Fraser Munden, Neil Rathbone
The End of Pinky Claire Blanchet
An Extraordinary Person (Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire) Monia Chokri
In Guns We Trust Nicolas Lévesque
Noah Walter Woodman, Patrick Cederberg
Paradise Falls Fantavious Fritz
Subconscious Password Chris Landreth
Time Flies (Nous avions) Stéphane Moukarzel
Yellowhead Kevan Funk
2014 Bison Kevan Funk [25]
The Cut (La Coupe) Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Cutaway Kazik Radwanski
Day 40 Sol Friedman
Kajutaijuq: The Spirit That Comes Scott Brachmayer
Mynarski Death Plummet Matthew Rankin
Rebel (Bihttoš) Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino
Still Slater Jewell-Kemker
The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer Randall Okita
2015 Bacon and God's Wrath Sol Friedman [27]
Balmoral Hotel Wayne Wapeemukwa
Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Interview with a Free Man (Entrevue avec un homme libre) Nicolas Lévesque
The Little Deputy Trevor Anderson
My Enemy, My Brother Ann Shin
Never Steady, Never Still Kathleen Hepburn
Nina Halima Elkhatabi
O Negative Steven McCarthy
Overpass (Viaduc) Patrice Laliberté
2016 Blind Vaysha Theodore Ushev [7]
Emma Martin Edralin
Fish Heather Young
Fluffy Lee Filipovski
Frame 394 Rich Williamson
A Funeral for Lightning Emily Kai Bock
Her Friend Adam Ben Petrie
Mariner Thyrone Tommy
Mutants Alexandre Dostie
Snip Terril Calder
2017 The Argument (with annotations) Daniel Cockburn [30]
The Botanist Maude Plante-Husaruk, Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
The Crying Conch Vincent Toi
The Drop In Naledi Jackson
Flood Amanda Strong
Milk Heather Young
Pre-Drink Marc-Antoine Lemire
Rupture Yassmina Karajah
The Tesla World Light Matthew Rankin
Threads Torill Kove
2018 Accidence Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson [31]
Altiplano Malena Szlam
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) Amanda Strong
Brotherhood (Ikhwène) Meryam Joobeur
Fauve Jérémy Comte
Little Waves (Les petites vagues) Ariane Louis-Seize
My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes Charlie Tyrell
Paseo Matthew Hannam
The Subject (Le sujet) Patrick Bouchard
Veslemøy's Song Sofia Bohdanowicz
2019 Acadiana Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin [32]
Cityscape Michael Snow
Delphine Chloé Robichaud
Docking Trevor Anderson
I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain Sofia Banzhaf
Jarvik Émilie Mannering
No Crying at the Dinner Table Carol Nguyen
The Physics of Sorrow Theodore Ushev
Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You Brandon Cronenberg
Throat Singing in Kangirsuk (Katatjatuuk Kangirsumi) Eva Kaukai, Manon Chamberland

2020s

YearFilmDirectorRef
2020 Aniksha Vincent Toi [33]
The Archivists Igor Drljaca
Benjamin, Benny, Ben Paul Shkordoff
Black Bodies Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines Theola Ross
Foam (Écume) Omar Elhamy
How to Be At Home Andrea Dorfman
Scars Alex Anna
Sing Me a Lullaby Tiffany Hsiung
Stump the Guesser Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
2021 Ain't No Time for Women (Y'a pas d'heure pour les femmes) Sarra El Abed [34]
Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice Zacharias Kunuk
Boobs (Lolos) Marie Valade
Defund Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha
Fanmi Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair Alanis Obomsawin
Like the Ones I Used to Know (Les grandes claques) Annie St-Pierre
Meneath: The Hidden Island of Ethics Terril Calder
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night Fawzia Mirza
Together Albert Shin
2022 Belle River Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin [35]
Bill Reid Remembers Alanis Obomsawin
The Flying Sailor Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis
Lay Me by the Shore David Findlay
Municipal Relaxation Module Matthew Rankin
Nanitic Carol Nguyen
No Ghost in the Morgue Marilyn Cooke
Same Old Lloyd Lee Choi
Simo Aziz Zoromba
Violet Gave Willingly Claire Sanford
2023 Gaby's Hills (Gaby les collines) Zoé Pelchat [36]
I Used to Live There Ryan McKenna
Katshinau (Les Mains sales) Julien G. Marcotte, Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush
Lake Baikal (Baigal Nuur) Alisi Telengut
Madeleine Raquel Sancinetti
Making Babies (Faire un enfant) Éric K. Boulianne
Motherland Jasmin Mozaffari
Mothers and Monsters Édith Jorisch
Sawo Matang Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto
Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie Nicole Bazuin
2024 Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Bec Pecaut [2]
EarthWorm Phillip Barker
Inkwo for When the Starving Return Amanda Strong
Julian and the Wind Connor Jessup
Maybe Elephants Torill Kove
Mercenaire Pier-Philippe Chevigny
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris
One Day This Kid Alexander Farah
perfectly a strangeness Alison McAlpine
Who Loves the Sun Arshia Shakiba

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