High-temperature proton conductors based on acceptor-doped barium zirconate exhibit excellent chemical stability in atmospheres containing CO 2 or H 2 O. However, due to their refractory nature, these conductors have a low grain growth rate, which negatively affects the overall electrical conductivity. A possible strategy for increasing the ionic conductivity of zirconates lies in the partial substitution of Zr-ions with other isovalent dopants. In this work, we carried out systematic studies of the crystal structure, microstructure, hydration capacity, transport, and thermal properties of BaZr 0.8-x Sn x Sc 0.2 O 3-δ (x = 0, 0.1, and 0.2).According to X-ray powder diffraction and scanning electron microscopy data, all studied ceramic samples have a cubic perovskite structure, whose average grain size decreases with tin doping. It is found that the composition with x = 0.1 exhibits the highest values in terms of total, ionic, grain, and grain-boundary conductivities. The complex analysis of the obtained data shows that a low-level substitution of Zr 4+ -with Sn 4+ -ions is a competent approach for designing new proton-conducting electrolytes attractive for high-temperature applications.