The Rogers Best Canadian Film Award is presented annually by the Toronto Film Critics Association to the film judged by the organization's members as the year's best Canadian film.[1] In 2012, the cash prize accompanying the award was increased to $100,000, making it the largest arts award in Canada. Each year, two runners-up also receive $5,000. The award is funded and presented by Rogers Communications, which is a founding sponsor of the association's awards gala.[2][3]

In 2023, the TFCA announced changes to the award. Instead of a single $100,000 prize presented to a mixed shortlist of narrative and documentary films, the organization will now present two $50,000 prizes, one for narrative features and one for documentaries.[4]

Unlike the other Toronto Film Critics Association awards, whose winners are announced in early January each year, the Best Canadian Film award only has its finalists announced at that time, and the winner of the award is then announced at the organization's gala in March.

Toronto Film Critics Poll

Prior to the official launch of the Toronto Film Critics Association in 1997, film critic Wyndham Wise coordinated two polls of Torontonian film critics in 1995 and 1996 through his magazine Take One to select the year's best Canadian films; upon the launch of the TFCA, this poll was discontinued and superseded by the TFCA's annual awards.

1995

Category Winners and nominees Ref
Best Film Rude — Damon D'Oliveira, Karen King [5]
Double Happiness — Steve Hegyes, Rose Lam Waddell [6]
When Night Is Falling — Barbara Tranter
Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes) — Richard Sadler, Jacques Dorfmann
Best Director Clement Virgo, Rude [5]
Mina Shum, Double Happiness [6]
Charles Binamé, Eldorado
Patricia Rozema, When Night Is Falling
Best Actor Maury Chaykin, Whale Music [5]
Clark Johnson, Rude [6]
Maurice Dean Wint, Rude
Peter Williams, Soul Survivor
Best Actress Sandra Oh, Double Happiness [5]
Pascale Montpetit, Eldorado [6]
Pascale Bussières, Eldorado
Tracy Wright, Wasaga
Best Screenplay Mina Shum, Double Happiness [5]
Clement Virgo, Rude [6]
Émile Gaudreault, Sylvie Bouchard and Michel Michaud, Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes)
Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar and John Frizzell, Dance Me Outside

1996

Category Winners and nominees Ref
Best Film Hard Core Logo [7]
Crash
Long Day's Journey into Night
The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)
Margaret's Museum
Curtis's Charm
Lilies
Once in a Blue Moon
The Suburbanators
Screamers
Best Director Robert Lepage, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)
Bruce McDonald, Hard Core Logo
David Cronenberg, Crash
David Wellington, Long Day's Journey into Night
Mort Ransen, Margaret's Museum
John L'Ecuyer, Curtis's Charm
John Greyson, Lilies
Gary Burns, The Suburbanators
Christian Duguay, Screamers
Peter Mettler, Picture of Light
Best Actor William Hutt, Long Day's Journey into Night
Callum Keith Rennie, Hard Core Logo
Hugh Dillon, Hard Core Logo
Lothaire Bluteau, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)
Maurice Dean Wint, Curtis's Charm
Tom McCamus, Long Day's Journey into Night
Brent Carver, Lilies
Elias Koteas, Crash
James Spader, Crash
Clive Russell, Margaret's Museum
Best Actress Martha Henry, Long Day's Journey into Night
Helena Bonham Carter, Margaret's Museum
Kate Nelligan, Margaret's Museum
Martha Burns, Long Day's Journey into Night
Deborah Kara Unger, Crash
Mary Beth Rubens, The Michelle Apartments
Deanna Milligan, Once in a Blue Moon
Tushka Bergen, Turning April
Kristin Scott Thomas, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)
Holly Hunter, Crash
Best Screenplay Noel S. Baker, Hard Core Logo
Robert Lepage, The Confessional (Le Confessionnal)
Gerald Wexler, Mort Ransen, Margaret's Museum
Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night
David Cronenberg, Crash
John L'Ecuyer, Curtis's Charm
Michel Marc Bouchard, Lilies
Gary Burns, The Suburbanators
Laurie Lynd and Daniel MacIvor, House
Dan O'Bannon and Miguel Tejada-Flores, Screamers
Best Documentary Picture of Light — Peter Mettler
Project Grizzly — Peter Lynch
Baseball Girls — Lois Siegel
Power — Magnus Isacsson

Toronto Film Critics Association

1990s

Year Film Director(s) Ref
1997The Sweet HereafterAtom Egoyan[8]
The Hanging GardenThom Fitzgerald
1998Last NightDon McKellar[9]
NôRobert Lepage
The Red ViolinFrançois Girard
1999Set Me FreeLéa Pool[10]
Felicia's JourneyAtom Egoyan

2000s

Year Film Director(s) Ref
2000waydowntownGary Burns[11]
MaelströmDenis Villeneuve
2001Last WeddingBruce Sweeney[12]
Ginger SnapsJohn Fawcett
The UnclesJames Allodi
2002Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerZacharias Kunuk[13]
FUBARMichael Dowse
Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)André Turpin
2003SpiderDavid Cronenberg[14]
2004The Triplets of BellevilleSylvain Chomet[15]
2005A History of ViolenceDavid Cronenberg[16]
2006Manufactured LandscapesJennifer Baichwal[17]
The Journals of Knud RasmussenZacharias Kunuk
Monkey WarfareReginald Harkema
Six FiguresDavid Christensen
2007Away from HerSarah Polley[18]
Eastern PromisesDavid Cronenberg
Radiant CityGary Burns, Jim Brown
2008My WinnipegGuy Maddin[19]
Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)Stéphane Lafleur[20]
Up the YangtzeYung Chang
2009PolytechniqueDenis Villeneuve[21]
The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)Benoît Pilon[22]
PontypoolBruce McDonald

2010s

Year Film Director(s) Ref
2010IncendiesDenis Villeneuve[23]
SpliceVincenzo Natali[24]
TriggerBruce McDonald
2011Monsieur LazharPhilippe Falardeau[25]
Café de FloreJean-Marc Vallée[26]
A Dangerous MethodDavid Cronenberg
2012Stories We TellSarah Polley[27]
BestiaireDenis Côté[28]
GoonMichael Dowse
2013WatermarkJennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky[29]
The DirtiesMatt Johnson[30]
GabrielleLouise Archambault
2014EnemyDenis Villeneuve[31]
The F WordMichael Dowse[32]
MommyXavier Dolan
2015The Forbidden RoomGuy Maddin, Evan Johnson[33]
My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)Philippe Falardeau[34]
Sleeping GiantAndrew Cividino
2016The StairsHugh Gibson[35]
How Heavy This HammerKazik Radwanski[36]
Operation AvalancheMatt Johnson
2017WerewolfAshley McKenzie[37]
Hello DestroyerKevan Funk[38]
Wexford PlazaJoyce Wong
2018Anthropocene: The Human EpochJennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky[39]
AvaSadaf Foroughi[40]
Maison du BonheurSofia Bohdanowicz
2019The Body Remembers When the World Broke OpenKathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers[41]
AntigoneSophie Deraspe[42]
FirecrackersJasmin Mozaffari

2020s

Year Film Director(s) Ref
2020Anne at 13,000 Ft.Kazik Radwanski[43]
And the Birds Rained DownLouise Archambault[44]
White LieYonah Lewis, Calvin Thomas
2021BeansTracey Deer[45]
Night RaidersDanis Goulet[46]
ScarboroughShasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson
2022Riceboy SleepsAnthony Shim[47]
BrotherClement Virgo[48]
Crimes of the FutureDavid Cronenberg
2023TBA March 4, 2024[4]
BlackBerryMatt Johnson
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)Ariane Louis-Seize
SoloSophie Dupuis

Best Canadian Documentary

Year Film Director(s) Ref
2023TBA March 4, 2024[4]
RojekZaynê Akyol
Someone Lives HereZack Russell
Swan SongChelsea McMullan

References

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  2. ↑ "Rogers Best Canadian Film Award rises to $100,000". Toronto Film Critics Association. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sarah Polley doc wins Toronto critics' $100K prize". CBC News. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Erik Anderson, "Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director". AwardsWatch, December 17, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Christopher Harris, "Magazines: Toronto Film Critics Poll". The Globe and Mail, December 18, 1995.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Toronto Film Critics' Poll". Take One, Winter 1996.
  7. ↑ "The 2nd Annual Toronto Film Critics' Poll". Take One, Winter 1997.
  8. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Egoyan film top pick". The Globe and Mail, January 15, 1998.
  9. ↑ "War movies are the big winners". Hamilton Spectator, December 18, 1998.
  10. ↑ "Toronto critics pick Magnolia as best film of 1999 Yet-unreleased second picture from director of Boogie Nights follows linked stories of characters in San Fernando Valley". The Globe and Mail, December 17, 1999.
  11. ↑ Peter Howell, "Toronto critics like Lee ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon named top movie". Toronto Star, December 21, 2000.
  12. ↑ "Memento named best picture". Calgary Herald, December 20, 2001.
  13. ↑ "Toronto critics pick Adaptation as top film". Ottawa Citizen, December 20, 2002.
  14. ↑ "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record, December 18, 2003.
  15. ↑ "Sideways named best film of 2004 by Toronto critics". Sault Star, December 17, 2004.
  16. ↑ "Cronenberg's History of Violence tops T.O. critics' best-of list". Sudbury Star, December 22, 2005.
  17. ↑ Lee-Anne Goodman, "'The Queen' named best picture by Toronto's film critics". Canadian Press, December 20, 2006.
  18. ↑ Bruce Kirkland, "Old Men No. 1; Coen Brothers flick tops T.O. film critics' 2007 list". Toronto Sun, December 19, 2007.
  19. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Maddin film wins $10,000 Toronto critics' award". The Globe and Mail, January 7, 2009.
  20. ↑ Chris Knight, "Toronto critics pick Wendy and Lucy". Windsor Star, December 17, 2008.
  21. ↑ Melissa Leong, "'Most ... would consider the subject untouchable'; Polytechnique, J'ai tue ma mere nab TFCA awards". National Post, January 13, 2010.
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  32. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now, December 16, 2014.
  33. ↑ Cassandra Szklarski, "Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson win $100,000 Toronto film critics prize". Canadian Press, January 5, 2016.
  34. ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily, December 14, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Three filmmakers opt to share $110,000 prize: Toronto trio will pool, divide the money awarded to them by local critics' association". Toronto Star, January 15, 2017.
  36. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now, December 12, 2016.
  37. ↑ Chris Knight, "Critics pick debut edgy addiction drama; Werewolf wins $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award". Sudbury Star, January 11, 2018.
  38. ↑ Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017.
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  40. ↑ Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada, December 10, 2018.
  41. ↑ "Abuse drama wins $100,000 prize". Vancouver Sun, January 11, 2020.
  42. ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now, December 9, 2019.
  43. ↑ "Anne at 13,000 Ft wins $100K Toronto critics award". CBC News, March 10, 2021.
  44. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2021.
  45. ↑ Sadaf Ahsan, "Indigenous coming-of-age drama Beans wins $100,000 Toronto film critics prize". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 2022.
  46. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Drive My Car Leads TFCA Award Winners". That Shelf, January 16, 2022.
  47. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "Riceboy Sleeps wins TFCA’s 2022 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award". Playback, March 7, 2023.
  48. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View, January 8, 2023.
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