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Documentary film festivals in Canada
We list 16 documentary film festivals in Canada. Cities with the most: Toronto (4) and Montreal (2). Dated editions cluster in April and November.
Coming up
- RIDMMontreal, CanadaNovember 19–29, 2026
- RIDM - Montreal International Documentary FestivalMontréal, CanadaNovember 19–29, 2026
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary FestivalToronto, CanadaApril 23 – May 2, 2027
All of them
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary FestivalToronto, CanadaApril 23 – May 2, 2027
- Belleville Downtown DocFestBelleville, Canada
- Montreal International Documentary FestivalMontreal, Canada
- RIDMMontreal, CanadaNovember 19–29, 2026
- EstDocsToronto, Canada
- DOXA Documentary Film FestivalVancouver, Canada
- Gimme Some Truth Documentary FestivalCanada
- Junction North International Documentary Film FestivalCanada
- RIDM - Montreal International Documentary FestivalMontréal, CanadaNovember 19–29, 2026
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue Pseudo-Documentary FestivalAbitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
- NORTHWESTFEST International Documentary & Media Arts FestivalEdmonton, Canada
- Toronto Documentary Feature & Short Film FestivalToronto, Canada
- Toronto Indie Doc FestToronto, Canada
- Water Docs Film FestivalCanada
- Island Shorts Documentary Film FestivalCanada
- Lunenburg Doc FestCanada
Built from our directory of 15,028 festivals. Dates are listed only when we could source them (Wikidata or the festival’s own site). Spot a mistake? Tell us.