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Top 25 Investigative documentary production companies based in Canada
RevenueBase identified 65 investigative documentary production companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 307 professional contacts across them, including 83 with verified work emails. Toronto is the largest hub.
This list covers investigative documentary production companies headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest investigative documentary production companies based in Canada
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Yap films, based out of Toronto, Canada, is a highly respected independent production company specializing in producing factual specials and series on a wide range of subject…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SHARK TEETH FILMS is a Toronto based production company, specialists in high-end, access driven doc-series and non-scripted content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “En 2018, Valérie Beaulieu et Christine Simard, deux jeunes professionnelles aguerries de la télévision québécoise, choisissent d’investir conjointement dans leur avenir et…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Committed to the power of distinctive storytelling, Rotating Planet produces and distributes an extensive library of award winning documentaries, TV series and short films.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EyeSteelFilm is a documentary film and interactive media company dedicated to using cinematic expression as a catalyst for social and political change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “White Pine Pictures is an internationally respected producer of award-winning documentary and dramatic programming for the world’s leading broadcasters and distributors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Funambules Médias travaille à l’avènement d’une société juste et inclusive à travers la production vidéo, la formation et la diffusion de cinéma documentaire, en favorisant…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Loaded Pictures is dynamic film company that has a history of making excellent political and social documentaries and films.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its founding in Toronto's Kensington Market in 1980 by Robert Lang, Kensington Communications has earned a worldwide reputation for producing innovative, award-winning…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re creating hopeful stories driving allied impact for social and environmental justice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lantern Films, founded in 2015, is dedicated to producing impactful and visually compelling documentaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “La Ruelle Films (formerly Productions de la Ruelle) is an award-winning documentary film production company based in Montreal, Quebec and led by Guylaine Maroist and Eric Ruel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RealWorld Media Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Reel Water Productions is a boutique production company based in Squamish, British Columbia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a media production company working in documentary and narrative fiction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Simba Creative is a Calgary based film production company specializing in documentaries, drama and original content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “InTen Media is a Toronto-based media production company specializing in commercial, corporate and documentary films.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Originating from the Finnish word sisu, meaning strength, endurance and determination, sisu production offers high-end documentary filmmaking services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Carpool Media puts storytelling first.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Producing documentary and video work, with experience in a wide variety of genres and formats.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Stories that are never just black and white.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FeltFilm is a Toronto based independent production company which creates and produces content for broadcasters and publishers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: investigative documentary production companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names investigative documentary production companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of investigative documentary production companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name investigative documentary production companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Investigative documentary production companies based in Canada at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 65 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among investigative documentary production companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “investigative documentary production companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names investigative documentary production companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among investigative documentary production companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 83 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names investigative documentary production companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many investigative documentary production companies are there based in Canada?
RevenueBase identified 65 investigative documentary production companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
YAP Films, headquartered in Toronto, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most investigative documentary production companies?
Toronto leads with 24 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (14) and Vancouver (9).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 83 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 65 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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