Denis Gougeon has received awards at the following contests
- Concours des jeunes compositeurs de la CAPAC, Canada: 1981
- Prix Opus, Québec: 2000
- Prix Serge-Garant, Montréal (Québec): 2024
- SOCAN Awards, Canada: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2014, 2015
- Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards, Canada: 1993