# List of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees. This list details the performances of Canadian filmmakers, actors, actresses and films that have either been submitted, nominated or have won an Academy Award.

## Best Actor in a Leading Role

Best Actor in a Leading Role :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1936 | Walter Huston | Dodsworth | Nominated | First Canadian actor to receive a nomination for Best Actor. |
| 1940 | Raymond Massey | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Nominated | |
| 1941 | Walter Huston | The Devil and Daniel Webster | Nominated | |
| 1942 | Walter Pidgeon | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated | |
| 1943 | Walter Pidgeon | Madame Curie | Nominated | |
| 1944 | Alexander Knox | Wilson | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Ryan Gosling | Half Nelson | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Ryan Gosling | La La Land | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Brendan Fraser | The Whale | Won | Fraser is an American-born Canadian actor. |

## Best Actress in a Leading Role

Best Actress in a Leading Role :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1928–29 | Mary Pickford | Coquette | Won | First Canadian to win an Oscar. First Canadian actress to win an Oscar. First Canadian to receive an Oscar nomination. First Canadian actress to receive a nomination for Best Actress. Inaugural win. |
| 1929–30 | Norma Shearer | The Divorcee | Won | First Canadian to receive multiple nominations. |
| 1929–30 | Norma Shearer | Their Own Desire | Nominated | First Canadian to receive multiple nominations. |
| 1930–31 | Marie Dressler | Min and Bill | Won | First time multiple Canadians received Oscar nominations. First time multiple Canadians received nominations in the same category. |
| 1930–31 | Norma Shearer | A Free Soul | Nominated | First time multiple Canadians received Oscar nominations. First time multiple Canadians received nominations in the same category. |
| 1931–32 | Marie Dressler | Emma | Nominated | |
| 1934 | Norma Shearer | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Nominated | |
| 1936 | Norma Shearer | Romeo and Juliet | Nominated | |
| 1938 | Norma Shearer | Marie Antoinette | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Geneviève Bujold | Anne of the Thousand Days | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Elliot Page | Juno | Nominated | Page was nominated prior to his gender transition in 2020. At age 20, it made him the fourth-youngest Best Actress nominee at the time. |

## Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Best Actor in a Supporting Role :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1938 | Gene Lockhart | Algiers | Nominated | Lockhart was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright. |
| 1942 | Walter Huston | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Nominated | First Canadian actor to be nominated in multiple categories. |
| 1944 | Hume Cronyn | The Seventh Cross | Nominated | |
| 1946 | Harold Russell | The Best Years of Our Lives | Won | Russell was a Canadian born, U.S. veteran. First Canadian actor to win an Oscar. First Canadian actor to win an Oscar for Supporting Actor. |
| 1948 | Walter Huston | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Won | |
| 1949 | John Ireland | All the King's Men | Nominated | Ireland was born in Canada, but raised in the United States. |
| 1960 | Jack Kruschen | The Apartment | Nominated | |
| 1970 | Chief Dan George | Little Big Man | Nominated | First First Nations actor to receive a nomination. |
| 1989 | Dan Aykroyd | Driving Miss Daisy | Nominated | |
| 1990 | Graham Greene | Dances with Wolves | Nominated | Second First Nations actor to receive a nomination. |
| 2009 | Christopher Plummer | The Last Station | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Christopher Plummer | Beginners | Won | Oldest Canadian actor to win an Oscar for Supporting Actor (age 82). |
| 2017 | Christopher Plummer | All the Money in the World | Nominated | Oldest Canadian actor to receive a nomination (age 88). |
| 2023 | Ryan Gosling | Barbie | Nominated | |

## Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Best Actress in a Supporting Role :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1943 | Lucile Watson | Watch on the Rhine | Nominated | First Canadian actress to be nominated for Supporting Actress. |
| 1985 | Meg Tilly | Agnes of God | Nominated | Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress. |
| 1991 | Kate Nelligan | The Prince of Tides | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Anna Paquin | The Piano | Won | Paquin is a Canadian actress with a New Zealand citizenship. Youngest Canadian to win an acting Oscar (age 11). Second-youngest winner in Oscar history. |
| 1994 | Jennifer Tilly | Bullets over Broadway | Nominated | Tilly is an American born-Canadian actress. |
| 2015 | Rachel McAdams | Spotlight | Nominated | |

## Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2003 | Robert Walker | Brother Bear | Nominated | Shared with Aaron Blaise. |
| 2010 | Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon | Nominated | Shared with Chris Sanders. |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | Chris Williams | Big Hero 6 | Won | Shared with Don Hall and Roy Conli |
| 2014 | Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Nominated | Shared with Bonnie Arnold. |
| 2014 | Graham Annable | The Boxtrolls | Nominated | Shared with Anthony Stacchi and Travis Knight. |
| 2017 | Anthony Leo | The Breadwinner | Nominated | Shared with Nora Twomey. |
| 2018 | Jeremy Dawson | Isle of Dogs | Nominated | Shared with Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin and Steven Rales. |
| 2019 | Dean DeBlois | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Nominated | Shared with Bradford Lewis and Bonnie Arnold. |
| 2022 | Domee Shi | Turning Red | Nominated | Shared with Lindsey Collins |
| 2022 | Chris Williams | The Sea Beast | Nominated | Shared with Jed Schlanger |

## Best Animated Short Film

Best Animated Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1949 | Stephen Bosustow | The Magic Fluke | Nominated | Bosustow was a Canadian-born American film producer. |
| 1950 | Stephen Bosustow | Trouble Indemnity | Nominated | |
| 1950 | Stephen Bosustow | Gerald McBoing-Boing | Won | |
| 1951 | Stephen Bosustow | Rooty Toot Toot | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Stephen Bosustow | Madeline | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Stephen Bosustow | Pink and Blue Blues | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Tom Daly | The Romance of Transportation in Canada | Nominated | First Canadian film nominated in the category. |
| 1953 | Stephen Bosustow | Christopher Crumpet | Nominated | |
| 1953 | Stephen Bosustow | The Tell-Tale Heart | Nominated | |
| 1954 | Stephen Bosustow | When Magoo Flew | Won | |
| 1956 | Stephen Bosustow | Magoo's Puddle Jumper | Won | |
| 1956 | Stephen Bosustow | Gerald McBoing-Boing on Planet Moo | Nominated | |
| 1956 | Stephen Bosustow | The Jaywalker | Nominated | |
| 1957 | Stephen Bosustow | Trees and Jamaica Daddy | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Gerald Potterton Tom Daly Colin Low | My Financial Career | Nominated | Potterton is a British–Canadian. |
| 1964 | National Film Board of Canada | Christmas Cracker | Nominated | |
| 1966 | Robert Verrall Wolf Koenig | The Drag | Nominated | Koenig was a German-born Canadian. |
| 1967 | Robert Verrall Wolf Koenig | What on Earth | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Wolf Koenig Jim Mackay | The House That Jack Built | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Ryan Larkin | Walking | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Michael Mills | Evolution | Nominated | Mills is a British-born Canadian producer and director of short films. |
| 1971 | Murray Shostak | The Selfish Giant | Nominated | Shared with Peter Sander. |
| 1972 | Richard Williams | A Christmas Carol | Won | Williams is a Canadian–British. |
| 1974 | René Jodoin | Hunger | Nominated | Shared with Peter Foldes. |
| 1975 | Bernard Longpré André Leduc | Monsieur Pointu | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Caroline Leaf Guy Glover | The Street | Nominated | Leaf is a Canadian-American filmmaker and animator. |
| 1977 | Ishu Patel | Bead Game | Nominated | Patel is an Indian-born Canadian film director and animator. |
| 1977 | Co Hoedeman | The Sand Castle | Won | Hoedeman is a Dutch-Canadian filmmaker. |
| 1978 | John Weldon | Special Delivery | Won | Shared with Eunice Macauley. |
| 1980 | Michael Mills | History of the World in Three Minutes Flat | Nominated | |
| 1980 | Frédéric Back | All Nothing | Nominated | Back is a French-born Canadian producer and director of short films. |
| 1981 | Frédéric Back | Crac | Won | |
| 1981 | Janet Perlman | The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Jon Minnis | Charade | Won | Minnis is a Canadian animator and scriptwriter of British origin. |
| 1984 | Ishu Patel | Paradise | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Richard Condie | The Big Snit | Nominated | Shared with Michael Scott. |
| 1986 | Bill Reeves | Luxo Jr. | Nominated | Shared with John Lasseter. |
| 1987 | Frédéric Back | The Man Who Planted Trees | Won | |
| 1988 | Bill Reeves | Tin Toy | Won | Shared with John Lasseter. |
| 1988 | Cordell Barker | The Cat Came Back | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Wendy Tilby | Strings | Nominated | |
| 1991 | Christopher Hinton | Blackfly | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Frédéric Back Hubert Tison | The Mighty River | Nominated | |
| 1994 | David Fine | Bob's Birthday | Won | Shared with Alison Snowden. |
| 1996 | Richard Condie | La Salla | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis | When the Day Breaks | Nominated | |
| 1999 | Torill Kove | My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts | Nominated | Kove is a Norwegian-born Canadian film director and animator. |
| 2001 | Cordell Barker | Strange Invaders | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Eric Armstrong | The ChubbChubbs! | Won | |
| 2003 | Christopher Hinton | Nibbles | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Torill Kove | The Danish Poet | Won | |
| 2006 | Mike Thurmeier | No Time for Nuts | Nominated | Shared with Chris Renaud |
| 2007 | Chris Lavis Maciek Szczerbowski | Madame Tutli-Putli | Nominated | Szczerbowski is a Polish-born Canadian animator. |
| 2007 | Josh Raskin | I Met the Walrus | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis | Wild Life | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Patrick Doyon | Sunday (Dimanche) | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Torill Kove | Me and My Moulton | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Richard Williams Imogen Sutton | Prologue | Nominated | Both Williams and Sutton are Canadian–British. |
| 2016 | Alan Barillaro | Piper | Won | Shared with Marc Sondheimer. |
| 2016 | Theodore Ushev | Blind Vaysha | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Robert Valley | Pear Cider and Cigarettes | Nominated | Shared with Cara Speller. |
| 2018 | David Fine | Animal Behaviour | Nominated | Shared with Alison Snowden. |
| 2018 | Trevor Jimenez | Weekends | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Domee Shi | Bao | Won | Shi is a Chinese-born Canadian. |
| 2022 | Wendy Tilby Amanda Forbis | The Flying Sailor | Nominated | |

## Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1939 | Osmond Borradaile | The Four Feathers | Nominated | Shared with Georges Périnal. |

## Best Costume Design

Best Costume Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2009 | Monique Prudhomme | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Luis Sequeira | The Shape of Water | Nominated | Sequeira is a Canadian costume designer of Portuguese descent. |
| 2021 | Luis Sequeira | Nightmare Alley | Nominated | Sequeira is a Canadian costume designer of Portuguese descent. |
| 2024 | Linda Muir | Nosferatu | Nominated | |

## Best Director

Best Director :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1947 | Edward Dmytryk | Crossfire | Nominated | First Canadian to be nominated for Best Director. |
| 1957 | Mark Robson | Peyton Place | Nominated | |
| 1958 | Mark Robson | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | Nominated | First Canadian director to receive multiple nominations. |
| 1967 | Norman Jewison | In the Heat of the Night | Nominated | |
| 1970 | Arthur Hiller | Love Story | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Norman Jewison | Fiddler on the Roof | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Norman Jewison | Moonstruck | Nominated | |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic | Won | First Canadian to win Best Director. |
| 1997 | Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter | Nominated | Egoyan is an Egyptian-born Canadian filmmaker. |
| 2005 | Paul Haggis | Crash | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Jason Reitman | Juno | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Jason Reitman | Up in the Air | Nominated | |
| 2009 | James Cameron | Avatar | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Denis Villeneuve | Arrival | Nominated | |

## Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1954 | Guy Glover | The Stratford Adventure | Nominated | |
| 1966 | Tom Daly | Helicopter Canada | Nominated | Shared with Peter Jones. |
| 1975 | F. R. Crawley | The Man Who Skied Down Everest | Won | Shared with James Hager and Dale Hartleben. |
| 1976 | Donald Brittain | Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry | Nominated | Shared with Robert A. Duncan. |
| 1977 | Tony Ianzelo | High Grass Circus | Nominated | Shared with Bill Brind and Torben Schioler. |
| 1977 | Harry Rasky | Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love | Nominated | |
| 1979 | Paul Cowan | Going the Distance | Nominated | Shared with Jacques Bobet. |
| 1982 | John Zaritsky | Just Another Missing Kid | Won | |
| 1987 | Brigitte Berman | Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got | Won | |
| 1992 | Roma Baran | Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann | Nominated | Shared with Margaret Smilow. |
| 2002 | Michael Donovan | Bowling for Columbine | Won | Shared with Michael Moore. |
| 2016 | Howard Barish | 13th | Nominated | Shared with Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick. |
| 2022 | Daniel Roher Odessa Rae | Navalny | Won | Shared with Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris. |
| 2022 | Ina Fichman | Fire of Love | Nominated | Shared with Sara Dosa and Shane Boris. |
| 2023 | Nisha Pahuja Cornelia Principe David Oppenheim | To Kill a Tiger | Nominated | |

## Best Documentary Short Film

Best Documentary Short Film :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1941 | National Film Board of Canada | Churchill's Island | Won | First Canadian film to win an Oscar. First film to win Best Documentary (Short Subject). |
| 1941 | National Film Board of Canada | Warclouds in the Pacific | Nominated | |
| 1942 | National Film Board of Canada | Inside Fighting China | Nominated | In 1942, documentary features and short subjects competed together for Best Documentary. |
| 1942 | National Film Board of Canada | High over the Borders | Nominated | In 1942, documentary features and short subjects competed together for Best Documentary. |
| 1949 | National Film Board of Canada | The Rising Tide | Nominated | |
| 1950 | National Film Board of Canada | The Fight: Science Against Cancer | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Stephen Bosustow | Man Alive! | Nominated | |
| 1952 | Norman McLaren | Neighbours | Won | |
| 1958 | Tom Daly | The Living Stone | Nominated | |
| 1960 | Colin Low | Universe | Nominated | |
| 1976 | Tony Ianzelo | Blackwood | Nominated | Shared with Andy Thomson. |
| 1982 | Terre Nash | If You Love This Planet | Won | Shared with Edward Le Lorrain. |
| 1983 | Cynthia Scott | Flamenco at 5:15 | Won | Shared with Adam Symansky. |
| 2006 | Hubert Davis | Hardwood | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Sami Khan | St. Louis Superman | Nominated | Shared with Smriti Mundhra. |
| 2021 | Ben Proudfoot | A Concerto Is a Conversation | Nominated | Shared with Kris Bowers. |
| 2022 | Ben Proudfoot | The Queen of Basketball | Won | First win for New York Times Op-Docs |
| 2023 | Ben Proudfoot | The Last Repair Shop | Won | Shared with Kris Bowers. |

## Best Film Editing

Best Editing :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1947 | Harmon Jones | Gentleman's Agreement | Nominated | |
| 1950 | Ralph E. Winters | King Solomon's Mines | Won | Shared with Conrad A. Nervig. |
| 1951 | Ralph E. Winters | Quo Vadis | Nominated | |
| 1954 | Ralph E. Winters | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Nominated | |
| 1959 | Ralph E. Winters | Ben-Hur | Won | Shared with John Dunning. |
| 1960 | Robert Lawrence | Spartacus | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Ralph E. Winters | The Great Race | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Ralph E. Winters | Kotch | Nominated | |
| 1983 | Douglas Stewart | The Right Stuff | Won | Shared with Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Stephen A. Rotter, and Tom Rolf. |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic | Won | Shared with Conrad Buff and Richard A. Harris. |
| 2009 | James Cameron | Avatar | Nominated | Shared with John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin. |
| 2009 | Julian Clarke | District 9 | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Jean-Marc Vallée Martin Pensa | Dallas Buyers Club | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Sidney Wolinsky | The Shape of Water | Nominated | |

## Best International Feature Film

Best International Feature :
| Year | Film | Director | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Denys Arcand | Nominated | (original title: Le Déclin de l'empire américain). First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. |
| 1989 | Jesus of Montreal | Denys Arcand | Nominated | (original title: Jésus de Montréal). |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions | Denys Arcand | Won | (original title: Les Invasions barbares). First Canadian film to win Best Foreign Language Film. |
| 2006 | Water | Deepa Mehta | Nominated | (original title: Water वाटर). First Canadian film to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film that is not spoken in French (predominantly in Hindi). |
| 2010 | Incendies | Denis Villeneuve | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | Philippe Falardeau | Nominated | |
| 2012 | War Witch | Kim Nguyen | Nominated | (original title: Rebelle). |
The 2018 nominee Capernaum was directed by a Canadian citizen, Nadine Labaki, but the film represented Lebanon at the Oscars and was in no way a Canadian film.

## Best Live Action Short Film

Best Live Action Short :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1952 | Norman McLaren | Neighbours | Nominated | Nominated for Best Short Subject, One-reel. |
| 1953 | National Film Board of Canada | Herring Hunt | Nominated | Nominated for Best Short Subject, One-reel. |
| 1957 | Tom Daly | City of Gold | Nominated | |
| 1957 | Norman McLaren | A Chairy Tale | Nominated | |
| 1961 | National Film Board of Canada | Very Nice, Very Nice | Nominated | |
| 1967 | Julian Biggs | Paddle to the Sea | Nominated | |
| 1968 | Christopher Chapman | A Place to Stand | Won | Commissioned by the Ontario Department of Economics and Development for Expo 67. |
| 1968 | National Film Board of Canada | Pas de deux | Nominated | |
| 1969 | Douglas Jackson | Blake | Nominated | |
| 1977 | Beverly Shaffer Yuki Yoshida | I'll Find a Way | Won | Yoshida was a Japanese-born Canadian. |
| 1979 | Roman Kroitor | Bravery in the Field | Nominated | |
| 1979 | Stefan Wodoslawsky | Bravery in the Field | Nominated | |
| 1982 | John N. Smith | First Winter | Nominated |
| 1984 | Michael MacMillan Janice L. Platt | The Painted Door | Nominated | |
| 1989 | Jonathan Tammuz | The Childeater | Nominated | Tammuz is a British-Canadian film director. |
| 2012 | Ariel Nasr | Buzkashi Boys | Nominated | Shared with Sam French. |
| 2012 | Yan England | Henry | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Jérémy Comte | Fauve | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Marianne Farley | Marguerite | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Meryam Joobeur Maria Gracia Turgeon | Brotherhood | Nominated | Joobeur is a Tunisian-born Canadian. |
| 2023 | Vincent René-Lortie Samuel Caron | Invincible | Nominated | |

## Best Picture

Best Picture :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1929–30 | Jack L. Warner | Disraeli | Nominated | Warner was a Canadian-American film executive. Shared with Darryl F. Zanuck. |
| 1934 | Jack L. Warner | Flirtation Walk | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis and Robert Lord. |
| 1940 | Jack L. Warner | All This, and Heaven Too | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis and David Lewis. |
| 1942 | Jack L. Warner | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Nominated | Shared with Hal B. Wallis and William Cagney. |
| 1958 | Jack L. Warner | Auntie Mame | Nominated | |
| 1964 | Jack L. Warner | My Fair Lady | Won | |
| 1966 | Norman Jewison | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Nominated | |
| 1971 | Norman Jewison | Fiddler on the Roof | Nominated | |
| 1972 | Albert S. Ruddy | The Godfather | Won | |
| 1981 | Denis Héroux John Kemeny | Atlantic City | Nominated | Kemeny a Hungarian-born Canadian film producer. |
| 1984 | Norman Jewison | A Soldier's Story | Nominated | Shared with Ronald L. Schwary and Patrick J. Palmer. |
| 1987 | Norman Jewison | Moonstruck | Nominated | Shared with Patrick J. Palmer. |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic | Won | Shared with Jon Landau. |
| 2004 | Albert S. Ruddy | Million Dollar Baby | Won | Shared with Clint Eastwood and Tom Rosenberg. |
| 2005 | Paul Haggis | Crash | Won | Shared with Cathy Schulman. |
| 2005 | William Vince | Capote | Nominated | Shared with Caroline Baron and Michael Ohoven. |
| 2009 | James Cameron | Avatar | Nominated | Shared with Jon Landau. |
| 2009 | Ivan Reitman Jason Reitman | Up in the Air | Nominated | Shared with Daniel Dubiecki. |
| 2013 | Vincent Landay | Her | Nominated | Shared with Megan Ellison and Spike Jonze. |
| 2016 | Shawn Levy | Arrival | Nominated | Shared with Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, and David Linde. |
| 2017 | J. Miles Dale | The Shape of Water | Won | Shared with Guillermo del Toro. |
| 2021 | J. Miles Dale | Nightmare Alley | Nominated | Shared with Guillermo del Toro and Bradley Cooper. |
| 2021 | Roger Frappier | The Power of the Dog | Nominated | Shared with Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman. |
| 2021 | Denis Villeneuve | Dune | Nominated | Shared with Mary Parent and Cale Boyter. |
| 2022 | James Cameron | Avatar: The Way of Water | Nominated | Shared with Jon Landau |
| 2024 | Samantha Quan | Anora | Won | Shared with Alex Coco and Sean Baker |
| 2024 | Tanya Lapointe Denis Villeneuve | Dune: Part Two | Nominated | Shared with Mary Parent and Cale Boyter |

## Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Makeup and Hairstyling :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1982 | Michèle Burke | Quest for Fire | Won | Burke is an Irish naturalized Canadian. Shared with Sarah Monzani. |
| 1984 | Paul LeBlanc | Amadeus | Won | Shared with Dick Smith. |
| 1986 | Stephan Dupuis | The Fly | Won | Shared with Chris Walas. |
| 1986 | Michèle Burke | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Nominated | Shared with Michael Westmore. |
| 1990 | Michèle Burke | Cyrano de Bergerac | Nominated | Shared with Jean-Pierre Eychenne. |
| 1992 | Michèle Burke | Bram Stoker's Dracula | Won | Shared with Greg Cannom and Matthew W. Mungle. |
| 1999 | Michèle Burke | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Nominated | Shared with Mike Smithson. |
| 2000 | Michèle Burke | The Cell | Nominated | Shared with Edouard F. Henriques. |
| 2010 | Adrien Morot | Barney's Version | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Robert Pandini | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Siân Grigg and Duncan Jarman. |
| 2021 | Stephanie Ingram | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Won | Shared with Linda Dowds and Justin Raleigh. |
| 2021 | Donald Mowat | Dune | Nominated | Mowat is a Canadian-born British with an American citizenship. Shared with Eva von Bahr and Love Larson. |
| 2022 | Adrien Morot | The Whale | Won | Shared with Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley |
| 2024 | Traci Loader | Nosferatu | Nominated | Shared with David White and Suzanne Stokes-Munton |

## Best Original Song

Best Original Song :
| Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1982 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | An Officer and a Gentleman | "Up Where We Belong" | Won | American of alleged First Nations descent (since disproven). Once thought to be the first Indigenous person to win an Academy Award. Shared with Jack Nitzsche and Will Jennings. |
| 1986 | David Foster | The Karate Kid, Part II | "Glory of Love" | Nominated | Shared with Peter Cetera. |
| 1991 | Bryan Adams | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Nominated | Shared with Michael Kamen and Mutt Lange. |
| 1992 | David Foster | The Bodyguard | "I Have Nothing" | Nominated | Shared with Linda Thompson. |
| 1993 | Neil Young | Philadelphia | "Philadelphia" | Nominated | |
| 1995 | Bryan Adams | Don Juan DeMarco | "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" | Nominated | Shared with Michael Kamen and Mutt Lange. |
| 1996 | Bryan Adams | The Mirror Has Two Faces | "I Finally Found Someone" | Nominated | Shared with Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, and Mutt Lange. |
| 1998 | David Foster | Quest for Camelot | "The Prayer" | Nominated | Shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis, and Alberto Testa. |
| 2003 | Benoît Charest | The Triplets of Belleville | "Belleville Rendez-Vous" | Nominated | Shared with Sylvain Chomet. |
| 2003 | Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | "Into the West" | Won | Shared with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox. |
| 2012 | Mychael Danna | Life of Pi | "Pi's Lullaby" | Nominated | Shared with Bombay Jayashri. |
| 2015 | Belly DaHeala Stephan Moccio The Weeknd | Fifty Shades of Grey | "Earned It" | Nominated | First Black Canadians to be nominated in any category. The Weeknd is the first person of Ethiopian descent to be nominated in any category. |

## Best Original Score

Best Original Score :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1945 | Louis Applebaum | The Story of G.I. Joe | Nominated | |
| 1955 | Percy Faith | Love Me or Leave Me | Nominated | |
| 2001 | Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | First Canadian to win two Oscars in this category. |
| 2003 | Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | First Canadian to win two Oscars in this category. |
| 2011 | Howard Shore | Hugo | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Mychael Danna | Life of Pi | Won | |
| 2013 | Owen Pallett | Her | Nominated | Shared with Will Butler. |
| 2023 | Robbie Robertson | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | Posthumous release |

## Best Production Design

Best Production Design :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1930 | Richard Day | Whoopee! | Nominated | |
| 1931 | Richard Day | Arrowsmith | Nominated | |
| 1934 | Richard Day | The Affairs of Cellini | Nominated | |
| 1935 | Richard Day | The Dark Angel | Won | |
| 1936 | Richard Day | Dodsworth | Won | |
| 1937 | Richard Day | Dead End | Nominated | |
| 1938 | Richard Day | The Goldwyn Follies | Nominated | |
| 1940 | Richard Day | Down Argentine Way | Nominated | Shared with Joseph C. Wright. |
| 1940 | Richard Day | Lillian Russell | Nominated | Shared with Joseph C. Wright. |
| 1941 | Richard Day | Blood and Sand | Nominated | Shared with Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little. |
| 1941 | Richard Day | How Green Was My Valley | Won | Shared with Nathan Juran and Thomas Little. |
| 1941 | Edward G. Boyle | The Son of Monte Cristo | Nominated | Shared with John DuCasse Schulze. |
| 1942 | Richard Day | My Gal Sal | Won | Shared with Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little. |
| 1942 | Richard Day | This Above All | Won | Shared with Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little. |
| 1946 | Richard Day | The Razor's Edge | Nominated | Shared with Nathan Juran, Thomas Little, and Paul S. Fox. |
| 1948 | Richard Day | Joan of Arc | Nominated | Shared with Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish. |
| 1951 | Richard Day | A Streetcar Named Desire | Won | Shared with George James Hopkins. |
| 1952 | Richard Day | Hans Christian Andersen | Nominated | Shared with Antoni Clave and Howard Bristol. |
| 1952 | Charles S. Thompson | The Quiet Man | Nominated | Shared with Frank Hotaling and John McCarthy, Jr. |
| 1954 | Richard Day | On the Waterfront | Won | |
| 1959 | Edward G. Boyle | Some Like It Hot | Nominated | Shared with Ted Haworth. |
| 1960 | Edward G. Boyle | The Apartment | Won | Shared with Alexandre Trauner. |
| 1961 | Edward G. Boyle | The Children's Hour | Nominated | Shared with Fernando Carrere. |
| 1964 | Edward G. Boyle | Seven Days in May | Nominated | Shared with Cary Odell. |
| 1965 | Charles S. Thompson | A Patch of Blue | Nominated | Shared with George Davis, Urie McCleary, and Henry Grace. |
| 1965 | Richard Day | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Nominated | Shared with William J. Creber, David S. Hall, Ray Moyer, Fred M. MacLean, and Norman Rockett. |
| 1966 | Edward G. Boyle | The Fortune Cookie | Nominated | Shared with Robert Luthardt |
| 1969 | Edward G. Boyle Carl Biddiscombe | Gaily, Gaily | Nominated | Shared with Robert F. Boyle and George B. Chan. |
| 1970 | Richard Day Carl Biddiscombe | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Nominated | Shared with Jack Martin Smith, Yoshirô Muraki, Taizô Kawashima, Walter M. Scott, and Norman Rockett. |
| 1991 | Dennis Gassner | Bugsy | Won | Gassner is a Canadian-American production designer. Shared with Nancy Haigh. |
| 1991 | Dennis Gassner | Barton Fink | Nominated | Gassner is a Canadian-American production designer. Shared with Nancy Haigh. |
| 1992 | Janice Blackie-Goodine | Unforgiven | Nominated | Shared with Henry Bumstead. |
| 2002 | Gordon Sim | Chicago | Won | Shared with John Myhre. |
| 2002 | Dennis Gassner | Road to Perdition | Nominated | Shared with Nancy Haigh. |
| 2007 | Dennis Gassner | The Golden Compass | Nominated | Shared with Anna Pinnock. |
| 2007 | Jim Erickson | There Will Be Blood | Nominated | Shared with Jack Fisk. |
| 2008 | Peter Lando | The Dark Knight | Nominated | Shared with Nathan Crowley. |
| 2009 | Anastasia Masaro | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Nominated | Shared with Dave Warren and Caroline Smith. |
| 2009 | Gordon Sim | Nine | Nominated | Shared with John Myhre. |
| 2009 | Patrice Vermette | The Young Victoria | Nominated | Shared with Maggie Gray. |
| 2012 | Jim Erickson | Lincoln | Won | Shared with Rick Carter. |
| 2014 | Dennis Gassner | Into the Woods | Nominated | Shared with Anna Pinnock. |
| 2015 | Hamish Purdy | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Jack Fisk. |
| 2016 | Patrice Vermette Paul Hotte | Arrival | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Dennis Gassner | Blade Runner 2049 | Nominated | Shared with Alessandra Querzola. |
| 2017 | Paul Denham Austerberry Shane Vieau Jeff Melvin | The Shape of Water | Won | Austerberry is a Canadian production designer of English/Filipino descent. |
| 2018 | Gordon Sim | Mary Poppins Returns | Nominated | Shared with John Myhre. |
| 2019 | Dennis Gassner | 1917 | Nominated | Shared with Lee Sandales. |
| 2021 | Patrice Vermette | Dune | Won | Shared with Zsuzsanna Sipos. |
| 2021 | Tamara Deverell Shane Vieau | Nightmare Alley | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Patricia Cuccia | The Brutalist | Nominated | Shared with Judy Becker |
| 2024 | Patrice Vermette Shane Vieau | Dune: Part Two | Nominated | |

## Best Sound

Best Sound :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| Best Sound Recording |||||
| 1929 | Douglas Shearer | The Big House | Won | |
| 1934 | Douglas Shearer | Viva Villa | Nominated | |
| 1935 | Douglas Shearer | Naughty Marietta | Won | |
| 1936 | Douglas Shearer | San Francisco | Won | |
| 1937 | Douglas Shearer | Maytime | Nominated | |
| 1938 | Douglas Shearer | Sweethearts | Nominated | |
| 1939 | Douglas Shearer | Balalaika | Nominated | |
| 1940 | Douglas Shearer | Strike Up the Band | Won | |
| 1941 | Douglas Shearer | The Chocolate Soldier | Nominated | |
| 1942 | Douglas Shearer | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated | |
| 1943 | Douglas Shearer | Madame Curie | Nominated | |
| 1944 | Douglas Shearer | Kismet | Nominated | |
| 1945 | Douglas Shearer | They Were Expendable | Nominated | |
| 1947 | Douglas Shearer | Green Dolphin Street | Nominated | |
| 1951 | Douglas Shearer | The Great Caruso | Won | |
| Best Sound |||||
| 1992 | Rob Young | Unforgiven | Nominated | Shared with Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, and Rick Alexander. |
| Best Sound Mixing |||||
| 2007 | Craig Berkey | No Country for Old Men | Nominated | Shared with Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter Kurland. |
| 2010 | Craig Berkey | True Grit | Nominated | Shared with Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, and Peter Kurland. |
| Best Sound Editing |||||
| 2010 | Craig Berkey | True Grit | Nominated | Shared with Skip Lievsay. |
| Best Sound Mixing |||||
| 2013 | Andy Koyama | Lone Survivor | Nominated | Shared with Beau Borders and David Brownlow. |
| 2014 | Craig Mann | Whiplash | Won | Shared with Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley. |
| 2015 | Chris Duesterdiek | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Randy Thom. |
| 2016 | Bernard Gariépy Strobl Claude La Haye | Arrival | Nominated | |
| Best Sound Editing |||||
| 2016 | Sylvain Bellemare | Arrival | Won | |
| 2017 | Nathan Robitaille Nelson Ferreira | The Shape of Water | Nominated | |
| Best Sound Mixing |||||
| 2017 | Christian Cooke Brad Zoern Glen Gauthier | The Shape of Water | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Paul Massey | Bohemian Rhapsody | Won | Massey is an English-Canadian. Shared with Tim Cavagin and John Casali. |
| 2018 | Craig Henighan | Roma | Nominated | Shared with Skip Livesay and Jose Antonio Garcia. |
| Best Sound |||||
| 2021 | Paul Massey | No Time to Die | Nominated | Shared with Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, and Mark Taylor. |
| 2024 | David Giammarco Paul Massey | A Complete Unknown | Nominated | Shared with Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, and Ted Caplan |

## Best Visual Effects

Best Visual Effects :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| Best Special Effects |||||
| 1939 | Douglas Shearer | The Wizard of Oz | Nominated | Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie. |
| 1940 | Douglas Shearer | Boom Town | Nominated | Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie. |
| 1941 | Douglas Shearer | Flight Command | Nominated | Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie. |
| 1942 | Douglas Shearer | Mrs. Miniver | Nominated | Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe. |
| 1944 | Douglas Shearer | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | Won | Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, and Warren Newcombe. |
| 1947 | Douglas Shearer | Green Dolphin Street | Won | Shared with A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe, and Michael Steinore. |
| Special Achievement Award |||||
| 1978 | Les Bowie | Superman | Won | Shared with Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic. |
| Best Visual Effects |||||
| 1984 | Lorne Peterson | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Won | Shared with Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, and George Gibbs. |
| 1988 | Richard Williams | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Won | Williams is a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer. Shared with Ken Ralston, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs. |
| 1994 | Steve Williams | The Mask | Nominated | Shared with Scott Squires, Tom Bertino, and Jon Farhat. |
| 1999 | Rob Coleman | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Nominated | Shared with John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires. |
| 2002 | Rob Coleman | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Nominated | Shared with Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow. |
| 2014 | Cameron Waldbauer | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Nominated | Shared with Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, and Tim Crosbie. |
| 2015 | Cameron Waldbauer | The Revenant | Nominated | Shared with Richard McBride, Matt Shumway, and Jason Smith. |
| 2017 | Joel Whist | War for the Planet of the Apes | Nominated | Shared with Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, and Dan Lemmon. |
| 2018 | Tristan Myles | First Man | Won | Myles is a British-born Canadian. Shared with Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, and J. D. Schwalm. |
| 2021 | Tristan Myles Brian Connor | Dune | Won | Shared with Paul Lambert and Gerd Nefzer. |
| 2024 | Paul Lambert Stephen James Rhys Salcombe | Dune: Part Two | Won | Shared with Gerd Nefzer |

## Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1930 | John Meehan | The Divorcee | Nominated | |
| 1965 | Stanley Mann | The Collector | Nominated | |
| 1974 | Lionel Chetwynd Mordecai Richler | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Nominated | |
| 1978 | Bernard Slade | Same Time, Next Year | Nominated | |
| 1997 | Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter | Nominated | |
| 1999 | John Irving | The Cider House Rules | Won | |
| 2004 | Paul Haggis | Million Dollar Baby | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Sarah Polley | Away from Her | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Jason Reitman | Up in the Air | Nominated | Shared with Sheldon Turner. |
| 2009 | Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell | District 9 | Nominated | Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian. |
| 2015 | Emma Donoghue | Room | Nominated | Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian. |
| 2021 | Denis Villeneuve | Dune | Nominated | Shared with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. |
| 2022 | Sarah Polley | Women Talking | Won | |

## Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay :
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 1975 | Ted Allan | Lies My Father Told Me | Nominated | |
| 1984 | Daniel Petrie Jr. | Beverly Hills Cop | Nominated | Shared with Danilo Bach. |
| 1994 | Roger Avary | Pulp Fiction | Won | Shared with Quentin Tarantino. |
| 2003 | Denys Arcand | The Barbarian Invasions | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Paul Haggis | Crash | Won | Shared with Robert Moresco. |
| 2006 | Paul Haggis | Letters from Iwo Jima | Nominated | Shared with Iris Yamashita. |
| 2023 | Celine Song | Past Lives | Nominated | Celine Song is a South Korean-Canadian director and screenwriter. |

## Special Awards

Special Awards :
| Year | Name | Award |
| 1937 | Mack Sennett | Honorary Academy Award. |
| 1946 | Harold Russell | Honorary Academy Award "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in The Best Years of Our Lives". |
| 1958 | Jack L. Warner | The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. |
| 1968 | Onna White | Honorary Academy Award "for her outstanding choreography achievement for Oliver!". |
| 1975 | Mary Pickford | Honorary Academy Award "in recognition of her unique contributions to the film industry and the development of film as an artistic medium." |
| 1988 | National Film Board of Canada | Academy Honorary Award "in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic, creative and technological activity and excellence in every area of film making." |
| 1997 | Norman Jewison | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. |
| 2001 | Arthur Hiller | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |
| 2017 | Donald Sutherland | Honorary Academy Award "for a lifetime of indelible characters, rendered with unwavering truthfulness." |
| 2022 | Michael J. Fox | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award |

## Nominations and Winners

| No. of wins | No. of nominations |
| 94 | 359 |