Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Design in a Documentary

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Design in a Documentary is an annual award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. It is presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program, to honour the best sound in a feature documentary film. Unlike the awards for narrative feature films, which are separated into two distinct categories for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, there is only a single category for documentary films considering all aspects of sound design.

The award was presented for the first time at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.

2020s

Year	Nominees	Film	Ref
2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards
	Sam Rodgers, James Lazarenko, Claire Dobson, Krystin Hunter, Graham Rogers, Jane Tattersall, Stefana Fratila, Paul Germann, Steve Medeiros, Marilee Yorston, Steve Hammond, David Yonson, Steve Copley	Swan Song	[1]
	Sylvain Bellemare, Isabelle Lussier	Days (Les jours)	[2]
	Brian Eimer	Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope
	Hans Laitres, Sylvain Bellemare, Daniel Capeille	The White Guard (La Garde blanche)
	Catherine Van Der Donckt, Stéphane Cadotte, Jean Paul Vialard, Geoffrey Mitchell	Beyond Paper (Au-delà du papier)
2024 13th Canadian Screen Awards
	Marie-Pierre Grenier, Camille Demers-Lambert, Nataq Huault, Olivier Germain, Alexis Farand	Okurimono	[3]
	Benoît Dame, Catherine Van Der Donckt	Yintah	[4]
	Alex Lane	Intercepted
	Patrice LeBlanc, Luc Boudrias	Diary of a Father (Journal d'un père)
	David Rose	Wilfred Buck
2025 14th Canadian Screen Awards
	Sylvain Brassard	Spare My Bones, Coyote! (Mais où va-t-on, coyote?)	[5]
	Eli Haligua, Blair Moog, Fatih Ragbet, Gulay Acar	Fairy Creek
	Gregor Phillips, D'wayne Murray, Ramsay Bourquin, May Guimarães, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch, Jake Kerr, Peter Robinson	Saints and Warriors
	Simon Plouffe	Seeing Through the Darkness (Les yeux ne font pas le regard)
	Andrew Zukerman	Endless Cookie

See also

• Prix Iris for Best Sound in a Documentary

References

1. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
2. Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View , March 6, 2024.
3. Jamie Casemore, "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards". Playback , May 31, 2025.
4. Pat Mullen, "The Tragically Hip, Okurimono Lead Canadian Screen Award Documentary Nominees". Point of View , March 26, 2025.
5. Pat Mullen, "Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story Leads Canadian Screen Awards Documentary Nominations". Point of View , March 25, 2026.