Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing in a Documentary

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| Richard Todd

| Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

| Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}.

| Dieppe 1942

| rowspan=3| "NFB films get award nomination". Alberni Valley Times, March 19, 1980.

| Nails

| Track Stars: The Unseen Heroes of Movie Sound

| Harvey Zlatarits

| The Hawk

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| Reginald Harkema, Alex Shuper

| Super Duper Alice Cooper

| Noah R. Taylor, [https://thatshelf.com/2015-canadian-screen-award-winners-gallery/ "2015 Canadian Screen Award Winners Gallery"]. That Shelf, March 2, 2015.

| Guidelines (La marche à suivre)

| rowspan=4| [https://playbackonline.ca/2015/02/16/canadian-screen-awards-15-theatrical-documentary-short-film/ "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Theatrical documentary & short film"]. Playback, February 16, 2015.

| Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame

| Altman

| All That We Make (Fermières)

| James Scott

| How to Change the World

| Sheldon Wiebe, [https://eclipsemagazine.com/room-full-of-canadian-screen-awards/ "Room Full of Canadian Screen Awards!"]. Eclipse Magazine, March 14, 2016.

| The Amina Profile

| rowspan=4| [https://web.archive.org/web/20160615210251/http://etcanada.com/news/37268/2016-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced"]. ET Canada, January 19, 2016.

| Welcome to F.L. (Bienvenue à F.L.)

| The Price We Pay

| Last of the Elephant Men

| Dave De Carlo

| Giants of Africa

| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20170313072920/http://etcanada.com/news/210784/2017-canadian-screen-awards-and-the-winners-are/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And The Winners Are…"]. ET Canada, March 12, 2017.

| Gulîstan, Land of Roses

| rowspan=4| [https://web.archive.org/web/20170118150400/http://etcanada.com/news/196011/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed"]. ET Canada, January 17, 2017.

| Koneline: Our Land Beautiful

| Waseskun

| Black Code

| Benjamin Duffield, Jeremiah Hayes

| Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

| Daniele Alcinii, [http://realscreen.com/2018/03/12/canadian-screen-awards-thessaloniki-hand-out-non-fiction-prizes/ "Canadian Screen Awards, Thessaloniki hand out non-fiction prizes"]. RealScreen, March 12, 2018.

| Sled Dogs

| rowspan=4| Pat Mullen, [https://www.cinemablographer.com/2018/03/canadian-screen-awards-preview-picks.html "Canadian Screen Awards Preview: Picks and Foolish Predictions"]. Cinemablographer, March 11, 2018.

| Manic

| A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel)

| Long Time Running

| Michel Giroux

| The Devil's Share (La Part du diable)

| Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/03/31/csas-19-the-great-darkened-days-leads-film-winners-in-cinematic-arts-gala/ "CSAs ‘19: The Great Darkened Days leads film winners in Cinematic Arts gala"]. Playback, March 31, 2019.

| What Walaa Wants

| rowspan=4| Lauren Malyk, [https://playbackonline.ca/2019/02/07/csas-19-just-a-breath-away-the-great-darkened-days-top-film-noms/ "CSAs ’19: Just a Breath Away, The Great Darkened Days top film noms"]. Playback, February 7, 2019.

| Dolphin Man

| Take Light

| Transformer

| Sophie Leblond, Pedro Pires, Sylvia de Angelis

| Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou)

| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200605124256/https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. ET Canada, May 25, 2020.

| Prey

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| Invisible Essence: The Little Prince

| Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies

| Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

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| Natalie Lamoureux

| A Woman, My Mother (Une femme, ma mère)

| Naman Ramachandran, [https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/schitts-creek-blood-quantum-canadian-screen-awards-1234978520/ "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards"]. Variety, May 21, 2021.

| The Free Ones (Les libres)

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web|title=Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations|url=https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330161247/https://etcanada.com/news/762082/canadian-screen-awards-announces-2021-film-nominations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2021|date=March 30, 2021|website=ET Canada|author=Brent Furdyk|language=en-US}}

| The World Is Bright

| Dave Not Coming Back

| The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

| Ben Lawrence

| My Tree

| Jamie Samhan, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220405013214/https://etcanada.com/news/882769/2022-canadian-screen-award-winners-broadcast-news-and-documentary-factual/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual"]. ET Canada, April 4, 2022.

| The Magnitude of All Things

| rowspan=4| Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.

| The Gig Is Up

| I Might Be Dead by Tomorrow (Tant que j'ai du respir dans le corps)

| Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy

| Mike Munn, Dave Kazala

| To Kill a Tiger

| Jackson Weaver, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csas-2023-screen-award-winners-laflamme-friesen-1.6807415 "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night"]. CBC News, April 11, 2023.

| Dear Audrey

| rowspan=5| Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/2023-canadian-screen-award-nominations-for-documentary/ "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary"]. Point of View, February 22, 2023.

| Batata

| Bloom (Jouvencelles)

| Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew

| Anouk Deschênes

| The Longest Goodbye

| Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/canadian-screen-awards-winners-cinematic-arts-2/ "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts"]. Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.

| I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère)

| rowspan=4| Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/canadian-screen-award-nominees-in-digital-and-factual-categories/ "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories"]. Point of View, March 6, 2024.

| Summer Qamp

| Someone Lives Here

| Cynara

| David Schmidt

| Wilfred Buck

| Jamie Casemore, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/05/31/csas-25-universal-language-takes-five-at-cinematic-arts-awards/ "CSAs ‘25: Universal Language takes five at Cinematic Arts Awards"]. Playback, May 31, 2025.

| Altona

| rowspan=4| Pat Mullen, [https://povmagazine.com/the-tragically-hip-okurimono-lead-canadian-screen-award-documentary-nominees/ "The Tragically Hip, Okurimono Lead Canadian Screen Award Documentary Nominees"]. Point of View, March 26, 2025.

| Okurimono

| I Shall Not Hate

| A Mother Apart