The Canadian Comedy Awards, founded by Tim Progosh, are an annual awards ceremony celebrating notable English speaking Canadian comedians for achievements in Live, Radio, Film, Television and Internet media over the previous year. The awards began in 2000, and are usually broadcast on The Comedy Network

The Comedy Network

The Comedy Network a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media specializing in comedy programming.The channel operates two time shifted feeds, East and West ....

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The ceremonies were held in Toronto until 2002, and from 2003-2007 they were held in London, Ontario in conjunction with an annual comedy festival (known as Comedy Week while in London). In 2008 they moved to Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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Past hosts include the Royal Canadian Air Farce

Royal Canadian Air Farce

Air Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997...

, Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson is a Canadian television actor and comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.-Personal life:...

 (of The Kids in the Hall

The Kids in the Hall

The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada, and 1989 to 1995 on CBS and HBO in the United States...

), Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas (actor)

David "Dave" Thomas is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools...

, Brent Butt

Brent Butt

Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....

 and Bruce Hunter

Bruce Hunter (actor)

Bruce Hunter is a Canadian actor and comedian from Calgary, Alberta. He has appeared in television shows such as Puppets Who Kill and The Red Green Show. Hunter received a Canadian Comedy Awards nomination in 2002 for his work on the television series After Hours...

 (as Rocko the Dog, the character he plays on Puppets Who Kill

Puppets Who Kill

Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....

).
The Awards are produced by The Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence and Higher Ground Productions, and the Live Awards have been generously supported by the late Bluma Appel.
The 2000 & 2001 awards were produced and aired on The Comedy Network by Higher Ground Productions. The 2001 special received a Gemini nomination for writing. The awards made it back to TV in the form of variety specials in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Doo Wops received a Gemini nomination for their performance in the 2008 special and the 2009 special co produced by Higher Ground and Minds Eye was nominated for the gemini - comedy, music or variety special.

The Awards are produced by The Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence and Higher Ground Productions, and the Live Awards have been generously supported by the late Bluma Appel.

2000-2006

• 2000 - the first Canadian Comedy Awards were held in Toronto, Ontario at the Masonic Temple
  Masonic Temple (Toronto)
  The Masonic Temple, also known as the CTV Temple or the MTV Temple, is a six-storey building on the north-west corner of Davenport Road and Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
  
  , hosted by Dave Thomas
  Dave Thomas (actor)
  David "Dave" Thomas is a Canadian comedian and actor. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but moved to Durham, North Carolina where his father, John E. Thomas, attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy. Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools...
  
  . The awards were televised as a special, winning a 2001 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Direction - TV Special or Episode for its director, Bob Sorger
  Bob Sorger
  Bob Sorger is a Canadian director. He won the 2001 Canadian Comedy Award for his direction of the 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards special. He has been directing TV news for over 20 years as well as numerous credits directing kids shows & comedy shows. He is currently living in Toronto, Ontario,...
  
  .
• 2001 - the 2nd annual awards were held in Toronto, Ontario, hosted by Patrick McKenna
  Patrick McKenna
  Patrick McKenna born May 8, 1960 in Sylvania, Saskatchewan is a Canadian comedic and actor. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television series The Red Green Show, Marty Stephens on Traders, and the Trudeau miniseries. McKenna is a member of Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
  
   (of The Red Green Show
  The Red Green Show
  The Red Green Show is a Canadian television comedy that aired on various channels in Canada, with its ultimate home at CBC Television, and on Public Broadcasting Service stations in the United States, from 1991 until the series finale April 7, 2006 on CBC...
  
   and Traders
  Traders (TV series)
  Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...
  
  ) and Sheila McCarthy
  Sheila McCarthy
  Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian film, stage, television actress, and singer. She is one of the most honoured actors in Canada, having won two Genie Awards , two Gemini Awards , and two Dora Awards among multiple nominations. As of 2007, she can be seen on the Canadian television series Little...
  
  . The awards were televised by The Comedy Network
  The Comedy Network
  The Comedy Network a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media specializing in comedy programming.The channel operates two time shifted feeds, East and West ....
  
  
• 2002 - the 3rd annual awards were hosted by Brent Butt
  Brent Butt
  Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
  
  . It was the last time the awards were held in Toronto
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
   before they were moved to London, Ontario
  London, Ontario
  London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
  
   in 2003.
• 2003 - the 4th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards were held at the Grand Theatre
  Grand Theatre, Ontario
  The Grand Theatre is a professional theatre located at 471 Richmond Street just south of Dufferin Avenue in London, Ontario, Canada.Its main auditorium has a seating capacity of 839 with a regular season running from September to May...
  
   in London, Ontario
  London, Ontario
  London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
  
  , and hosted by Royal Canadian Air Farce
  Royal Canadian Air Farce
  Air Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997...
  
  . This was the first time the Awards were held outside of Toronto
  Toronto
  Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
  
   since the show's inception in 2000, and they remained in London through 2007.
• 2004 - the 5th annual Canadian Comedy Awards were held in London, Ontario at the London Convention Centre. They were hosted by Scott Thompson
  Scott Thompson
  Scott Thompson is a Canadian television actor and comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.-Personal life:...
  
   of The Kids in the Hall
  The Kids in the Hall
  The Kids in the Hall is a Canadian sketch comedy group formed in 1984, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson. Their eponymous television show ran from 1988 to 1994 on CBC in Canada, and 1989 to 1995 on CBS and HBO in the United States...
  
   fame.
• 2005 - the 6th annual awards were again held in London, Ontario, and hosted by Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
   character Rocko the Dog (voiced by Bruce Hunter
  Bruce Hunter (actor)
  Bruce Hunter is a Canadian actor and comedian from Calgary, Alberta. He has appeared in television shows such as Puppets Who Kill and The Red Green Show. Hunter received a Canadian Comedy Awards nomination in 2002 for his work on the television series After Hours...
  
  ).
• 2006 - the 7th annual awards were announced Oct. 26 at the London Music Hall in London, Ontario. They were hosted by Will Sasso
  Will Sasso
  William "Will" Sasso is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on the American sketch comedy series MADtv, spending five seasons on the show.-Early life:...
  
  , with Royal Canadian Air Farce, Dave Broadfoot
  Dave Broadfoot
  Dave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947...
  
   and Mike MacDonald. The awards were part of a broader Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival which took place from October 25–28, 2006.

2007

The 8th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards were held at the London Music Hall in London, Ontario on October 12, 2007 as part of the Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival which ran October 10–13, 2007. It marked the fifth straight year the awards ceremony was held in London.

Nominees & Winners

Nominations were announced Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at The Gladstone in Toronto, and winners (printed in italics) were announced at the awards ceremony on October 12, 2007, which was hosted by Debra DiGiovanni

Debra DiGiovanni

Debra DiGiovanni is a Canadian stand-up comedian of Italian descent originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario.Her comedy career began with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course, in 2000 and has since been nominated for the coveted Tim Sims Comedy...

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Live category

• MALE STAND-UP:

1. Alan Park
   Alan Park
   Alan Park is a Canadian comedian and political satirist best known for his appearances on the Royal Canadian Air Farce. Alan gives humorous commentary on current events...
   
   
2. Gerry Dee
   Gerry Dee
   Gerry Dee is a Canadian stand-up comedian. Prior to his comic career, he was a physical education teacher and hockey coach at De La Salle College "Oaklands", a private co-ed high school in Toronto...
   
   
3. Steve Patterson
   Steve Patterson (comedian)
   Steve Patterson is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television and radio host, and television producer known for his satire and observational comedy.-Career:...
   
   
4. Mike Wilmot
   Mike Wilmot
   Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong....
   
   
5. Peter Kelamis
   Peter Kelamis
   Peter Kelamis is an Australian-born Canadian actor and comedian.-Life and career:Kelamis was born in Sydney, Australia of Greek origin. In 1985, Kelamis enrolled in the University of British Columbia...
   
   

• FEMALE STAND-UP:

1. Debra DiGiovanni
2. Kate Davis
3. Kristeen Von Hagen
   Kristeen Von Hagen
   Kristeen Von Hagen is a comedian and actor best known for her appearances on such Canadian television shows She's so Funny, The Dish Show, Single's Court, Zero Avenue, The Green Room and Comedy Now!...
   
   
4. Nikki Payne
   Nikki Payne
   Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
   
   
5. Erica Sigurdson

• NEWCOMER STAND-UP:

1. Sean Lacomber
2. Graham Clarke
3. Darrin Rows
4. Jeff McEnery
5. Don Wood

• COMEDIC PLAY:

1. Plan Live From Outer Space
   Plan 9 from Outer Space
   Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
   
   
2. Swiss Family Guy Robinson
3. Whatever Happened to Bergin and Bublick?
4. For Crying Out Loud
5. My First Crush - From Fear to Non Confidence

• ONE PERSON SHOW:

1. Swiss Family Guy Robinson - Brian Froud
2. The Sean Schau - Seán Cullen
   Seán Cullen
   Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
   
   
3. Hard Headed Woman - Sandra Battaglini
4. Comedy in Motion with Bob Cates
5. Any Second Now

• SKETCH TROUPE:

1. The Imponderables
   The Imponderables
   The Imponderables is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe based in Toronto. They are the winners of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Sketch Troupe.The troupe originated in Hamilton, Ontario...
   
   
2. The Distractions
3. Canadian Content
4. The Second City
   The Second City
   The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
   
   : Bird Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5. The Sketchersons
   The Sketchersons
   The Sketchersons are a sketch comedy troupe based in Toronto, Ontario. They are winners of the 2007 Canadian Comedy Award for best Sketch Troupe, an award they had been nominated for each of the 3 years prior...
   
   

• IMPROV TROUPE:

1. Monkey Toast - The Improvised Talk Show
2. Rock Paper Scissors
3. AKA Improv - Cage Match Vancouver
4. Illustrated Men
5. Urban Improv

• MALE IMPROVISER:

1. Ian Boothby
   Ian Boothby
   Ian Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...
   
    - Urban Improv
2. Adam Cawley - Hot Lawyer
3. Drew McCreadie
   Drew McCreadie
   Drew McCreadie, born 1967, is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based actor, playwright and improvisor. He was the winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada at the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards...
   
    - Urban Improv
4. Peter Oldring
   Peter Oldring
   Peter Oldring is a Canadian TV actor and comedian.- Biography :In addition to performing with The Second City improv group in Toronto and Los Angeles, Oldring has appeared on Canadian television. He was also a regular cast member of the redneck-themed sketch comedy series Blue Collar TV...
   
    - Monkey Toast
5. Taz Van Rassel

• FEMALE IMPROVISER:

1. Jennifer Goodhue - Monkey Toast
2. Diana Frances
3. Jan Caruana - Monkey Toast
4. Ellie Harvey
5. Lauren Ash
   Lauren Ash
   Lauren Ash is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor.Recent television credits include Punched Up, Across the River to Motor City, Sketch with Kevin McDonald the CMT Canada fictionalized reality series The Wilkinsons and the Syfy original series Scare Tactics...
   
    - Second City Mainstage

Television category

• DIRECTION - SPECIAL OR EPISODE:

1. Robert de Lint - Corner Gas
   Corner Gas
   Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
   
    ep. 66 "The Good Old Table Hockey Game"
2. Henry Sarwer-Foner
   Henry Sarwer-Foner
   Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
   
    - Rick Mercer Report
   Rick Mercer Report
   Rick Mercer Report is a Canadian television comedy series which airs on CBC Television...
   
    ep. 16
3. Stephen Reynolds
   Stephen Reynolds (director)
   Stephen Reynolds is a Canadian television director. Notable work includes This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Eleventh Hour, Black Harbour, Codco and Made in Canada....
   
    - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
   This Hour Has 22 Minutes
   This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
   
    season XIV ep. 3
4. Deborah Day
   Deborah Day
   Deborah Day is a Canadian film director and writer.She directed and co-wrote the film Expecting , starring Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath which won Most Popular Canadian Film at the 2002 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 2004 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Director.With Mochrie and...
   
    - Women Fully Clothed
   Women Fully Clothed
   Women Fully Clothed is a Canadian live sketch comedy troupe, with a cast of four women, touring throughout the world.-Cast:*Kathy Greenwood *Robin Duke...
   
   
5. Michael Kennedy
   Michael Kennedy (director)
   Michael Kennedy is a Canadian film and television director, writer and composer born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Career:...
   
    - This Space for Rent ep. 2 "Stained"

• DIRECTION - SERIES:

1. T.W. Peacocke - Rent-A-Goalie
2. David Storey, Robert de Lint, Jeff Beesley, Mark Farrell
   Mark Farrell
   Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
   
   , Brent Butt
   Brent Butt
   Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
   
    - Corner Gas
3. Michael Kennedy - Little Mosque on the Prairie
4. Henry Sarwer-Foner - Rick Mercer Report
5. Carl Harvey - Just For Laughs 2006

• WRITING - SPECIAL OR EPISODE:

1. Brent Butt and - Corner Gas ep. 52 "Outside Joke"
2. Brent Butt - Corner Gas ep. 54 "Kid Stuff"
3. Chas Lawther and Gail Kerbel - Is It Art?
4. Alan Park and Rob Ross - Royal Canadian Air Farce
   Royal Canadian Air Farce
   Air Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997...
   
   
5. Kevin White, Mark Critch
   Mark Critch
   Mark Critch is a Canadian comedian; he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.He was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12...
   
   , Gary Pearson
   Gary Pearson
   Gary Pearson is a Canadian comedian, and television writer producer. He grew up in the southwestern Ontario village of Comber. Taking an early interest in politics and art, he began to do editorial cartoons for the nearby weekly newspaper The Tilbury Times.He attended Sheridan College's...
   
   , Gavin Crawford
   Gavin Crawford
   Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia...
   
   , Jennifer Whalen
   Jennifer Whalen
   Jennifer Whalen is an American professional downhill mountain bike racer who won the 2005 NORBA National Championship in the Women's Super-D class...
   
   , Carolyn Taylor, Albert Howell
   Albert Howell
   Albert Howell is a Canadian improv comedian and poet. He has appeared in several films and television shows, and has received recognition for his screenwriting as well as for his improv work.-Improv comedy:...
   
    - This Hour Has 22 Minutes season XIV ep. 3

• WRITING - SERIES:

1. Brent Butt, Mark Farrell, Paul Mather
   Paul Mather
   Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
   
   , Kevin White, Andrew Carr, Robert Sheridan - Corner Gas
2. Christopher Bolton and Graeme Manson - Rent-A-Goalie
3. Jeremy Diamond and Tim Polley - Odd Job Jack
   Odd Job Jack
   Odd Job Jack was a Canadian animated comedy television show featuring Don McKellar, about one man's misadventures in temporary employment. Seen on and produced for the The Comedy Network, a cable specialty channel, and shown on Adult Swim in Latin America, the show is currently finished its...
   
   
4. Zarqa Nawaz
   Zarqa Nawaz
   Zarqa Nawaz is a British-Canadian freelance writer, journalist, broadcaster, and filmmaker of Pakistani origin.-Biography:...
   
   , Al Rae, Susan Flanders-Alexander, Dan Redican
   Dan Redican
   Dan Redican is a Canadian comedy writer and performer and puppeteer, best known for his work with the comedy troupe, The Frantics. As a founding member of the troupe he has worked since 1979 on numerous stage shows, the Frantic Times radio show, Four on the Floor TV show...
   
   , Rebecca Schechter, Jackie May - Little Mosque on the Prairie
   Little Mosque on the Prairie
   Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...
   
   
5. Craig Lauzon
   Craig Lauzon
   Craig Lauzon is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, and member of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. His main caricatures on the Farce include George Stroumboulopoulos, John Baird, and Stephen Harper...
   
    - Royal Canadian Air Farce

• MALE PERFORMANCE:

1. Eric Peterson
   Eric Peterson
   Eric Neal Peterson, C.M. is a Canadian stage and television actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian series – Street Legal, Corner Gas and This is Wonderland.-Personal life:...
   
    - Corner Gas
2. Shaun Majumder
   Shaun Majumder
   -Life and career:Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to a European descended mother from Newfoundland and an Indian father. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS, and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show Brain...
   
    - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
3. Christopher Bolton - Rent-A-Goalie
4. Alan Park - Royal Canadian Air Farce
5. Pat Thornton - Punched Up

• FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

1. Inga Cadranel - Rent-A-Goalie
2. Sheila McCarthy
   Sheila McCarthy
   Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian film, stage, television actress, and singer. She is one of the most honoured actors in Canada, having won two Genie Awards , two Gemini Awards , and two Dora Awards among multiple nominations. As of 2007, she can be seen on the Canadian television series Little...
   
    - "Sarah", Little Mosque on the Prairie
3. Jennifer Goodhue - Comedy Inc.
4. Penelope Corrin
   Penelope Corrin
   Penelope Anne Corrin is a Canadian actress and writer.She is seen nationally on CBC Television's Royal Canadian Air Farce comedy broadcasts as a replacement cast member while Jessica Holmes was on maternity leave during the first two months of 2007...
   
    - Royal Canadian Air Farce
5. Jessica Holmes
   Jessica Holmes
   Jessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian and actress. She is best known for her work with the Royal Canadian Air Farce, which she joined in 2003. She is married to actor Scott Yaphe....
   
    - Royal Canadian Air Farce

TAPED LIVE PERFORMANCE:

1. Alan Park - Just for Laughs
   Just for Laughs
   Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...
   
    2006
2. Winston Spear
   Winston Spear
   Winston Spear is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Toronto, Ontario. He is the winner of the 2003 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up and is a member of the cast of the popular CTV sketch comedy show Comedy Inc.. He has been called "King Of Obscure".* Winston is known for...
   
    - JFL
3. Pete Zedlacher
   Pete Zedlacher
   Pete Zedlacher is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and television writer. He has appeared at Just For Laughs and the Halifax Comedy Festival, and won the 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up...
   
    - JFL
4. Shaun Majumder - JFL
5. Tim Nutt - JFL

Film category

• DIRECTION:

1. Erik Canull - Bon Cop, Bad Cop
   Bon Cop, Bad Cop
   Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
   
   
2. Vivieno Caldinelli - If I See Randy Again...
3. John Bolton - Breakdown

• WRITING:

1. Patrick Huard
   Patrick Huard
   Patrick Huard is a Quebecer actor and comedian.-Feature films:* 1997: J’en suis* 1997: Les Boys* 1998: Les Boys II* 2000: La vie après l’amour* 2000: Stardom* 2001: Les Boys III...
   
   , Leila Bason, Kevin Tierney, Alex Epstein - Bon Cop, Bad Cop
2. Vivieno Caldinelli & Winston Spear
   Winston Spear
   Winston Spear is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Toronto, Ontario. He is the winner of the 2003 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up and is a member of the cast of the popular CTV sketch comedy show Comedy Inc.. He has been called "King Of Obscure".* Winston is known for...
   
    - If I See Randy Again...
3. John Bolton - Breakdown

• MALE PERFORMANCE:

1. Colm Feore
   Colm Feore
   Colm Feore is an American-born Canadian stage, film and television actor.-Early life:Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life. The family subsequently moved to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up.After graduating...
   
    - Bon Cop, Bad Cop
2. Patrick Huard - Bon Cop, Bad Cop
3. Dan Redican
   Dan Redican
   Dan Redican is a Canadian comedy writer and performer and puppeteer, best known for his work with the comedy troupe, The Frantics. As a founding member of the troupe he has worked since 1979 on numerous stage shows, the Frantic Times radio show, Four on the Floor TV show...
   
    - If I See Randy Again...
4. Winston Rekert

• FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

1. Catherine O'Hara
   Catherine O'Hara
   Catherine Anne O'Hara is a Canadian-American actress and comedienne. She is well known for her comedy work on SCTV, and her roles in the films After Hours, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, and also in the mockumentary films written and directed by Christopher Guest...
   
    - For Your Consideration
2. Lisa Wegner - Boundless
3. Amanda Tapping
   Amanda Tapping
   Amanda Tapping is an English-born Canadian actress, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis...
   
   

2008

The 9th Annual Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival were held from October 1–5, 2008 at Casino Regina

Casino Regina

Casino Regina is a casino located on Saskatchewan Drive in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It operates in the city's former union station, a Tyndall and ashlar stone structure completed in 1912...

 in Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. 2008 was the first year the awards were held outside of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. Previous Canadian Comedy Awards ceremonies took place in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 (2000–2002) before moving to London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

 (2003–2007).
Nominations were announced at an industry luncheon at The Second City

The Second City

The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...

 in Toronto on June 3, 2008 and the awards presentation ceremony took place on the evening of Friday, October 3, 2008 at Casino Regina

Casino Regina

Casino Regina is a casino located on Saskatchewan Drive in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It operates in the city's former union station, a Tyndall and ashlar stone structure completed in 1912...

, hosted by Alan Park

Alan Park

Alan Park is a Canadian comedian and political satirist best known for his appearances on the Royal Canadian Air Farce. Alan gives humorous commentary on current events...

 with presenters including Dave Foley

Dave Foley

David Scott "Dave" Foley is a Canadian comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, A Bug's Life, and Celebrity Poker Showdown...

 and Mike Wilmot

Mike Wilmot

Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong....

. Winners are printed in capital letters:

Live

• Stand-up - Large Venue:

1. Derek Edwards
2. Jeremy Hotz
3. Ron James
4. Sean Majumder
5. RUSSELL PETERS

• Stand-up - Male:

1. Sean Cullen
2. GERRY DEE
3. Steve Patterson
4. Kenny Robinson
5. John Wing Jr.

• Stand-up - Female:

1. Laurie Elliott
2. Jennifer Grant
3. NIKKI PAYNE
4. Shannon Laverty
5. Erica Sigurdson

• Stand-up Newcomer:

1. PETER ANTHONY
2. Sam Easton
3. DeAnne Smith
   DeAnne Smith
   DeAnne Smith is an award-winning Canadian-American comedian, writer and columnist. Smith first gained notice as a comedian in 2008 touring her debut full-length solo stand-up show to popular and critical acclaim, culminating in her winning the Sydney Comedy Festival's Time Out Best Newcomer Award...
   
   
4. Nick Beaton
5. Sean Lacomber

• Comedic Play:

1. Dreadwood: Stories of the Canadian Klondike
2. FACEBOOK OF REVELATIONS - THE SECOND CITY
3. PET3RS - Approximately 3 Peters
4. The Dead Language of Love
5. An Inconvenient Musical

• One Person Show:

1. THE SEAN SCHAU (SEAN CULLEN)
2. Scarfarce
3. The One Man Harold
4. The News Desk with Ron Sparks
5. All the Rage - David Raitt

• Sketch Troupe:

1. CANADIAN CONTENT
2. The Imponderables
3. Picnicface
4. The Second City
5. The Sketchersons

• Improv Troupe:

1. About An Hour
2. SHOW STOPPING NUMBER - THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL
3. Urban Improv
4. General Fools Improvisational Theatre
5. Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show

• Male Improviser:

1. Taz VanRassel
2. Jayden Pfeifer
3. Doug Morency
4. Toby Berner
5. DAN JOFFRE

• Female Improviser:

1. Lisa Merchant
2. Diana Frances
3. Amy Matysio
4. AURORA BROWNE
5. Jamillah Ross

Television

• Taped Live Performance:

1. The Doo Wops - Best of the Fest
2. Manolis Zontanos – Comedy Network Presents
3. Steve Patterson - Halifax Comedy Fest 2007
4. Mike MacDonald - Halifax Comedy Fest 2007
5. GERRY DEE - JUST FOR LAUGHS 2007, GALA SHOW 12

• Direction - Special or Episode:

1. Brent Butt - Corner Gas (The Accidental Cleanist)
2. David Storey - Corner Gas (Cable Excess)
3. Don McCutcheon - Corner Gas (the 'J'Word)
4. SAMIR REHEM - COCK'D GUNNS (EPISODES #8 & #4)
5. Jim Allodi - "Rent-A-Goalie" (Episode #4 Burlington)

• Direction - Series:

1. Michael Kennedy - Little Mosque On the Prairie (Spy Something or Get Out)
2. David Storey, Robert de Lint, Brent Butt, Don McCutheon,Jeff Beesley – Corner Gas
3. HENRY SARWER-FONER - THE RICK MERCER REPORT (EPISODE #10)
4. Carl Harvey & Shelagh O'Brien - 2007 Just For Laughs Gala Series
5. Vivieno Caldinelli - The Owl and the Man

• Writing - Special or Episode:

1. Zarqa Zawaz, Rebecca Schechter, Al Rae, Rob Sheridan, Greg Eckler, Paul Mather, Miles Smith – Little Mosque On the Prairie (Episode 213 Public Access)
2. Graeme Manson - Rent A Goalie (Episode #5 - Everybody's a Fag)
3. MARK CRITCH, GAVIN CRAWFORD, GARY PEARSON, KYLE TINGLEY, JENNIFER WHALEN, ALBERT HOWELL, TIM McAULIFFE, NATHAN FIELDER, GERI HALL, ANDREW BUSH, DEAN JENKINSON - THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES (EPISODE 3)
4. David Moses - Robson Arms S3 (Episode 303 Geeks In Love)
5. Kevin White - Corner Gas (Bed and Brake Fast)

• Writing - Series:

1. JON DORE, MARK FORWARD, STEVE PATTERSON - THE JON DORE TELEVISION SHOW
2. Leo Scherman, Morgan Waters, Andy King, Brooks Gray - Cock'd Gunns
3. Zarqa Nawaz, Rebecca Schechter, Al Rae, Rob Sheridan, Greg Eckler, Paul Mather, Miles Smith – Little Mosque on the Prairie
4. Kevin White,Mark Farrell, Brent Butt, Andrew Carr, Norm Hiscock, Gary Pearson, Dylan Wertz – Corner Gas
5. Pat Thornton - The Owl and the Man

• Female - TV:

1. GERI HALL - THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES
2. Janet Wright - Corner Gas
3. Nancy Robertson - Corner Gas
4. Cathy Jones - This Hour Has 22 Minutes
5. Penelope Corrin - Air Farce Live

• Male - TV:

1. Jon Dore - Jon Dore Television Show
2. Alan Park - Air Farce
3. Christopher Bolton - Rent A Goalie
4. Eric Peterson - Corner Gas
5. GAVIN CRAWFORD - THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES

Film

• Male Performance:

1. Jay Reso - Dark Rising
   Dark Rising
   Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by , and starring , , and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.-Synopsis:...
   
   
2. Landy Cannon - Dark Rising
   Dark Rising
   Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by , and starring , , and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.-Synopsis:...
   
   
3. Michael Cera
   Michael Cera
   Michael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Arrested Development, Youth in Revolt, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Juno. Cera received the 2008 Canadian Comedy Award for best male performance for his work in Superbad.-Early...
   
    - Superbad
4. Seth Rogen
   Seth Rogen
   Seth Rogen is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, and voice artist. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy during his teen years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a small part in Freaks and...
   
    - Knocked Up
   Knocked Up
   Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted...
   
   
5. MICHAEL CERA - JUNO
   Juno (film)
   Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K....
   
   

• Female Performance:

1. Brigitte Kingsley
   Brigitte Kingsley
   Brigitte Kingsley is a Canadian Actress best known for her role as Summer Vale in the multiple Dark Rising Films and Television series.-Early life:...
   
    - Dark Rising
   Dark Rising
   Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by , and starring , , and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.-Synopsis:...
   
   
2. Julia Schneider - Dark Rising
   Dark Rising
   Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by , and starring , , and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.-Synopsis:...
   
   
3. ELLEN PAGE
   Ellen Page
   Ellen Philpotts-Page , known professionally as Ellen Page, is a Canadian actress. Page received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her role as the title character in the film Juno...
   
    - JUNO

• Writing:

1. Andrew Cymek
   Andrew Cymek
   Andrew Cymek is the owner and creative force behind Defiant Empire and the creator of the Dark Rising projects...
   
    - Dark Rising
   Dark Rising
   Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by , and starring , , and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.-Synopsis:...
   
   
2. SETH ROGEN - SUPERBAD

• Directing:

1. Andrew Cymek
   Andrew Cymek
   Andrew Cymek is the owner and creative force behind Defiant Empire and the creator of the Dark Rising projects...
   
    - Dark Rising
   Dark Rising
   Dark Rising is a 2007 independent Canadian horror comedy film directed and written by , and starring , , and Jay Reso. It received a theatrical premiere in Toronto and was released on DVD in 2007.-Synopsis:...
   
   
2. James Dunnison - Walk the Dog
3. JASON REITMAN
   Jason Reitman
   Jason Reitman is a Canadian/American film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking , Juno , and Up in the Air . As of February 2, 2010, he has received three Academy Award nominations, two of which are for Best Director...
   
    - JUNO

Public Voting Categories

In 2008 three new categories were added to the awards, which could be voted on by the public. Prior to 2008 voting was only open to Canadian comedy industry professionals (members of unions such as ACTRA

ACTRA

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....

, CAEA, DGC

Directors Guild of Canada

The Directors Guild of Canada is a Canadian labour union, founded in 1962, which represents more than 3,700 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. The DGC represents directors, assistant directors, location managers, production assistants and...

 and WGC

Writers Guild of Canada

The Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...

). The nominees in these new categories were announced on-line on July 1, 2008, and winners (in capital letters) were announced at the awards ceremony on Friday, October 3:

• Pretty Funny Web Clip:

1. Cerealized #28 : Loops
2. Every Dave Life
3. Powerthirst
4. SURE LOCK: A TRUE POO STORY
5. The Owl and the Man #1
6. The Waldo Ultimatum

• Pretty Funny Radio Clip:

1. 300 Personal Trainer, 106.9 The Bear, Ottawa
2. BAD SANTA, Q107, TORONTO
3. The Debaters, CBC Radio 1

• Canadian Comedy Person of the Year:

1. Ellen Page
2. Michael Cera
3. Rick Mercer
4. Russell Peters
5. SETH ROGEN

2009

Nominations for the 2009 Canadian Comedy Awards closed April 30, 2009. They have announced that the awards will be held in Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John, New Brunswick

City of Saint John , or commonly Saint John, is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the first incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 74,043...

 this year, from Oct. 1-4. This is the first time the awards have been held in Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada is generally considered to be the region of Canada east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces:* New Brunswick* Newfoundland and Labrador* Nova Scotia* Ontario* Prince Edward Island* Quebec...

. Nominations were announced on the CCA website on the morning of Monday, July 6, in videos hosted by Nikki Payne and Pat Thornton.

The winners were announced at a ceremony hosted by Sean Cullen, at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, New Brunswick. Winners appear below in uppercase.

Live

• Stand-up - Male:

1. Scott Faulconbridge
2. Glen Foster
3. JEREMY HOTZ
4. David Pryde
5. Sugar Sammy

• Stand-up - Female:

1. Kate Davis
2. DEBRA DIGIOVANNI
3. Shelley Marshall
4. Allyson Smith
5. Kristeen Von Hagen

• Stand-up Newcomer:

1. Andrew Johnston
2. Lori Gibbs
3. NATHAN MACINTOSH
4. Bobby Mair
5. Martha O'Neill

• Sketch Troupe:

1. Picnicface
2. Shoeless
3. The Imponderables
4. THE SECOND CITY
5. The Sketchersons

• Improv Troupe:

1. About An Hour
2. IMPROMPTU SPLENDOR
3. Monkey Toast
4. PROJECTproject
5. Urban Improv

• Male Improviser:

1. Matt Baram
2. Ian Boothby
3. James Gangl
4. KERRY GRIFFIN
5. Taz Van Rassel

• Female Improviser:

1. JAN CARUANA
2. Amy Matysio
3. Lisa Merchant
4. Caitlin Howden
5. Naomi Snieckus

• Comedic Play:

1. BARACK TO THE FUTURE
2. Battleawesome Awesomestar
3. It's Just a Phase
4. That's Oddville
5. Troubadour

• One Person Show:

1. Fear of a Brown Planet
2. Lupe: Undone
3. ONE WOMAN SHOW
4. Who's Afraid of Tippi Seagram?
5. Wild Rose

Television

• Taped Live Performance:

1. Debra DiGiovanni - "Halifax Comedy Festival"
2. Laurie Elliot - "Just For Laughs Gala"
3. Jeremy Hotz - "Just For Laughs Gala"
4. Jeremy Hotz - "What a Miserable Show This Is"
5. RON SPARKS - "Comedy Now"

• Direction - Television Program or Series:

1. ADAM BRODIE & DAVE DEREWLANY - "The Jon Dore TV Show (Jon Gets Haunted)"
2. Matt Hawkins - "The Jon Dore TV Show (Jon Gets Horny)"
3. Ryan Keller - "Bravo!FACT Presents: The Second City's Facebook of Revelations"
4. Brian Roberts - "Da Kink in My Hair, Ep. 209"
5. Shawn Alex Thompson - "Less Than Kind"

• Writing - Television Program or Series:

1. Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen, Albert Howell, Tim McAuliffe, Dean Jenkinson, Geri Hall, Nathan Fielder
   Nathan Fielder
   Nathan Fielder is a writer, comedian and filmmaker, born in Vancouver, British Columbia.After receiving the 2006 Tim Sims Award for outstanding Canadian comedy newcomer, Fielder went on to join the cast of the CBC comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes as a field correspondent.More recently, he...
   
   , Joanne O'Sullivan, Peter White - "This Hour Has 22 Minutes, XVI Episode 12"
2. Marvin Kaye and Chris Sheasgreen - "Less Than Kind"
3. Irwin Barker, Greg Eckler, Chris Finn, Paul Mather, Rick Mercer, Tim Steeves - "Rick Mercer Report"
4. Bruce Pirrie, Darryl Hinds, Jim Annan, Karen Parker, Lauren Ash, Marty Adams, Scott Montgomery - "Bravo! Fact Presents: The Second City Facebook of Revelations"
5. RON SPARKS - "Comedy Now"

• Male - TV:

1. Gavin Crawford – “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”
2. JON DORE - "The Jon Dore TV Show"
3. Nathan Fielder
   Nathan Fielder
   Nathan Fielder is a writer, comedian and filmmaker, born in Vancouver, British Columbia.After receiving the 2006 Tim Sims Award for outstanding Canadian comedy newcomer, Fielder went on to join the cast of the CBC comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes as a field correspondent.More recently, he...
   
    - "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"
4. Peter Oldring - "Good Morning World"
5. Alan Park - "Royal Canadian Air Farce"

• Female - TV:

1. Aimee Beaudoin - "Caution: May Contain Nuts"
2. Inga Cadranel - "Rent-A-Goalie"
3. Geri Hall - "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"
4. Cathy Jones - "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"
5. WENDEL MELDRUM - "Less Than Kind"

• Ensemble - TV:

1. Bravo! Fact Presents: The Second City's Facebook of Revelations
2. Good Morning World
3. LESS THAN KIND
4. The Latest Buzz
5. Three Chords From The Truth

Film

• Direction:

1. MARTIN GERO - "Young People Fucking"
2. Michelle Ouellet - "Hooked on Speedman"
3. Mark Sanders - "Boyfriend Latte"
4. Warren P. Sonoda - "Coopers Camera"

• Writing:

1. Shannon Beckner and Mark Sanders - "Boyfriend Latte"
2. Nicholas Carella and Vince Gabriele - "Hooked on Speedman"
3. Chris Charney - "Wild Cherry"
4. MARTIN GERO & AARON ABRAMS - "Young People Fucking"
5. Jason Jones and Mike Beaver - "Coopers Camera"

• Male Performance:

1. Nicholas Carella - "Hooked on Speedman"
2. Josh Dean - "Young People Fucking"
3. Ennis Esmer - "Young People Fucking"
4. Jason Jones - "Coopers Camera"
5. PETER OLDRING - "Young People Fucking"

• Female Performance:

1. Shannon Beckner - "Boyfriend Latte"
2. SAMANTHA BEE - "Coopers Camera"
3. Kristin Booth - "Young People Fucking"
4. Natalie Lisinska - "Young People Fucking"
5. Carly Pope - "Young People Fucking"

Public Voting Categories

The deadline for submissions to the public voting categories is July 10, 2009. Submissions are accepted for Best Web Clip and Best Radio Clip. The nominees for Canadian Comedy Person of the Year are decided upon by an industry jury. Nominees in these categories will be announced and public voting will begin on July 17, 2009, at 9am.

• Web Clip:

1. Flakaderm
2. Mouth of Gold
3. Mush Mouth
4. VIOLATOR
5. Weapon Accident

• Radio Clip:

1. "Smoking" by Josh Holliday, CFEX 92.9 FM, Calgary
2. "Spelling Bee" by Canadian Content, XM Radio
3. "Stalker" by Josh Holliday & Lisa Brooke, CFEX 92.9 FM, Calgary
4. "Witches" by Mark Meer & Marianne Copithorne, The Irrelevant Show, CBC Radio
5. "ZEN HOKEY POKEY" by JOE BIRD, The Irrelevant Show, CBC Radio

• Canadian Comedy Person of the Year:

1. Air Farce
2. Brent Butt
3. Rick Mercer
4. Russell Peters
5. SETH ROGEN

2000

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Mary Walsh for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Rick Mercer
  Rick Mercer
  Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
  
   for Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction: Michael Kennedy
  Michael Kennedy (director)
  Michael Kennedy is a Canadian film and television director, writer and composer born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Career:...
  
   for Made in Canada
• Pretty Funny Writing: Tim Steeves
  Tim Steeves
  Tim Steeves is an award-winning Canadian stand-up comedian and writer. He has written for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Rick Mercer Report and helped create the Canadian TV comedy special Talking to Americans....
  
  , Rick Mercer, Cathy Jones, Edward Kay, Mary Walsh and Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...
  
   for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Pretty Funny Direction (Special or Episode): Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, "New Year's Eve Special"
• Pretty Funny Writing (Special or Episode): Tim Steeves, Rick Mercer, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, Edward Kay, and Greg Thomey for This Hour Has 22 Minutes

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Sarah Polley
  Sarah Polley
  Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
  
   for Go
  Go (1999 film)
  Go is a 1999 comedy thriller film written by John August and directed by Doug Liman, with three intertwining plots that happen to involve one drug deal. The film stars William Fichtner, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley and Scott Wolf and features Taye Diggs, Breckin Meyer, Timothy Olyphant,...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Mike Myers
  Mike Myers (actor)
  Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...
  
   for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction: Don McKellar
  Don McKellar
  -Personal life:McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario to a lawyer father and teacher mother. He attended Glenview Senior Public School, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College...
  
   for Last Night
• Pretty Funny Writing: Mike Myers for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: The Drowsy Chaperone
  The Drowsy Chaperone
  The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical with book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. It debuted in 1998 at The Rivoli in Toronto and opened on Broadway on 1 May 2006. The show won the Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score. It started as a spoof of old...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: Skippy's Rangers
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Colin Mochrie
  Colin Mochrie
  Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Kathy Greenwood
  Kathy Greenwood
  Kathryn "Kathy" Greenwood is a Canadian actress and comedienne. She appeared on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series Wind at My Back....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up: Ron James
  Ron James (comedian)
  Ron James is a Canadian stand-up comedian.James was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; his family later moved to Halifax during his youth. He attended Acadia University, studying history and political science with the intention of becoming a history teacher...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Wade McElwain
  Wade McElwain
  Wade Christian McElwain is a Canadian comedian, writer, and TV producer.- Early life :Wade was born in Mississauga, Ontario to Mary and Harvie McElwain...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction of a Comedic Play: Steve Morel for The Drowsy Chaperone

2001

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Cathy Jones for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Colin Mochrie
  Colin Mochrie
  Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...
  
   for Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Writing (Series): Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer
  Rick Mercer
  Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
  
  , Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...
  
  , Mary Walsh, Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
  
  , Chris Finn
  Chris Finn
  Chris Finn is a Canadian stand-up comedian and comedy writer.Finn was raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He has written for several television shows, including This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Talking to Americans, The Rick Mercer Report and Corner Gas. He has won three Gemini Awards and a 2001 Canadian Comedy...
  
  , Edward Kay
  Edward Kay
  Edward Kay is a Toronto-based writer with a background in both live-action and animated television comedy, as well as print journalism.Kay spent four years as a writer and producer on the political satire, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, before becoming supervising producer of The Itch, a comedy series...
  
  , Tim Steeves
  Tim Steeves
  Tim Steeves is an award-winning Canadian stand-up comedian and writer. He has written for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Rick Mercer Report and helped create the Canadian TV comedy special Talking to Americans....
  
  , George Westerholm
  George Westerholm
  George Westerholm is a Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for his work as a writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Toronto Show.-Musical career:...
  
  , Luciano Casimiri, Michael Best
  Michael Best
  Michael Best is an operatic tenor and voice teacher. A native of North Carolina, he was a solo artist at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, singing 297 performances in 17 seasons. Best received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University in 1962 and teaches voice at Roosevelt University's...
  
  , Randy Metson, Heidi Foss
  Heidi Foss
  Heidi Foss is a Canadian actor, comedian, and writer. In 2001 she won a Canadian Comedy Awards honoring her achievements in the field of comedy writing for the Canadian television comedy program This Hour Has 22 Minutes.Her film and television credits include:...
  
  , Jordan Kawchuk, Paul Mather
  Paul Mather
  Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
  
  , Christian Murray
  Christian Murray
  Christian Murray is a Canadian comedy writer. He has written for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Talking to Americans and Daily Tips for Modern Living.-Awards:* Canadian Comedy Award, 2001 and 2002, for This Hour Has 22 Minutes...
  
  , and Peter McBain
  Peter McBain
  Peter McBain is a Canadian comedian and writer. He has written for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Hour. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards as a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes as well as a Writers Guild of Canada Award in 2002, and a Gemini Award nomination in...
  
   for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Pretty Funny Writing (Special or Episode): Mark Farrell for Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction (Series): Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Pretty Funny Direction (Special or Episode): Bob Sorger
  Bob Sorger
  Bob Sorger is a Canadian director. He won the 2001 Canadian Comedy Award for his direction of the 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards special. He has been directing TV news for over 20 years as well as numerous credits directing kids shows & comedy shows. He is currently living in Toronto, Ontario,...
  
   for The 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Catherine O'Hara
  Catherine O'Hara
  Catherine Anne O'Hara is a Canadian-American actress and comedienne. She is well known for her comedy work on SCTV, and her roles in the films After Hours, Beetlejuice, Home Alone, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, and also in the mockumentary films written and directed by Christopher Guest...
  
   for Best in Show
  Best in Show (film)
  Best in Show is a 2000 independent film that follows five entrants in a prestigious dog show. The film focuses on the slightly surreal interactions among the various owners and handlers as they travel to the show and compete. Much of the dialogue was improvised.Christopher Guest directed; he also...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...
  
   for Best in Show
• Pretty Funny Writing: Eugene Levy for Best in Show
• Pretty Funny Direction: Allan Moyle
  Allan Moyle
  Allan Moyle is a Canadian film director. He is best known for directing the films Pump Up the Volume and New Waterford Girl .-Biography:His first major film was Times Square...
  
   for New Waterford Girl
  New Waterford Girl
  New Waterford Girl is a Canadian drama-comedy film, released in 1999. The film was directed by Allan Moyle, and written by Tricia Fish.New Waterford Girl stars Liane Balaban as Agnes-Marie "Moonie" Pottie, a teenager in New Waterford, Nova Scotia who dreams of life beyond her small-town home...
  
  

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: Radio-30, by Chris Earle
• Pretty Funny One Person Show: Noam Chomsky is an Asshole, by Noam Rosen
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Second City
  The Second City
  The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
  
   Mainstage
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Bruce Hunter
  Bruce Hunter (actor)
  Bruce Hunter is a Canadian actor and comedian from Calgary, Alberta. He has appeared in television shows such as Puppets Who Kill and The Red Green Show. Hunter received a Canadian Comedy Awards nomination in 2002 for his work on the television series After Hours...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant is a Canadian comic improviser and actress.She played Brenda Murphy on Train 48.She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser .-External links:...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: The Second City
  The Second City
  The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
  
   Mainstage
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Elvira Kurt
  Elvira Kurt
  Elvira Kurt is a Canadian comedian and was the host of the entertainment satire/talk show PopCultured with Elvira Kurt on The Comedy Network in Canada. The show's style was similar to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and began in 2005, and was canceled due to poor ratings in early 2006...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Brent Butt
  Brent Butt
  Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
  
  

THE BLUMA APPELL "THAT'S FUNNY" AWARD:

• The Humber College Award: Ryan Belleville
  Ryan Belleville
  Ryan Belleville is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor. He was born in Calgary, Alberta and moved to Toronto where he studied at the Humber School of Comedy, winning the Phil Hartman Award when he graduated. He was the youngest person to tape his own Comedy Now! special for CTV and also appeared...
  
  

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

• Rich Little
  Rich Little
  Richard Caruthers "Rich" Little is a Canadian-American impressionist and voice actor. He has long been known throughout the world as a top impersonator of famous people, resulting in his nickname, "The Man of a Thousand Voices"....
  
  
• Royal Canadian Air Farce
  Royal Canadian Air Farce
  Air Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997...
  
  : Luba Goy
  Luba Goy
  -Life and career:Goy was born in Haltern, Germany to Ukrainian parents and raised in Ottawa. They emigrated to Canada in 1951. She is a graduate of the Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, and later graduated from Canada's National Theatre School, before acting in theatre productions in...
  
  , Roger Abbott
  Roger Abbott
  Roger Abbott was a Canadian comedian. A founding member of the comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce, he was one of the troupe's stars and writers throughout its 29-year career on radio and television.-Early life:...
  
  , John Morgan
  John Morgan (comedian)
  John Morgan was a Welsh-born Canadian comedian.Born in Aberdare, Wales, Morgan played numerous characters on the CBC sketch comedy television series Royal Canadian Air Farce from 1993 to 2001 and its predecessor on CBC Radio, including perpetually disgusted Scotsman Jock McBile, socialite Amy De...
  
   and Don Ferguson
  Don Ferguson
  Don Ferguson is a Canadian actor and is one of the stars of XPM and Royal Canadian Air Farce. He is also the only Canadian-born original cast member of Air Farce....
  
  

2002

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf is a Canadian improv artist and television actress.She has worked with Toronto's The Second City and has played various roles in the TV series History Bites on Canada's History Channel.She is married to actor Bob Martin...
  
   for History Bites
  History Bites
  History Bites was a television series on the History Television network that ran from 1998-2003. Created by Rick Green, History Bites explored what would be on television if the medium had been around for the last 5,000 years of human history. Typically, a significant historical event was chosen...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Rick Mercer
  Rick Mercer
  Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
  
   for Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Writing (Series): Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...
  
  , Mary Walsh, Luciano Casimiri, Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
  
  , Paul Mather
  Paul Mather
  Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
  
  , Peter McBain
  Peter McBain
  Peter McBain is a Canadian comedian and writer. He has written for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Hour. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards as a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes as well as a Writers Guild of Canada Award in 2002, and a Gemini Award nomination in...
  
  , Christian Murray
  Christian Murray
  Christian Murray is a Canadian comedy writer. He has written for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Talking to Americans and Daily Tips for Modern Living.-Awards:* Canadian Comedy Award, 2001 and 2002, for This Hour Has 22 Minutes...
  
  , George Westerholm
  George Westerholm
  George Westerholm is a Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for his work as a writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Toronto Show.-Musical career:...
  
   and for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Writing (Special or Episode): Bob Martin
  Bob Martin (comedian)
  Bob Martin is a writer, actor, and comedian from Toronto, Ontario, Canada born in England circa 1963. He has both performed in and written many TV shows. He also provides the voice of Cuddles the comfort doll on the Canadian TV show Puppets Who Kill, aired on The Comedy Network.He starred in the...
  
   for Made in Canada, "Alan's Ex"
• Pretty Funny Direction (Series): Michael Kennedy
  Michael Kennedy (director)
  Michael Kennedy is a Canadian film and television director, writer and composer born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Career:...
  
  , T. W. Peacocke
  T. W. Peacocke
  TW Peacocke is an award-winning Canadian television and film director. Raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he studied painting at the Banff Centre, French civilization at the Université de Caen in France, and then went on to Yale University, from which he graduated in 1983...
  
  , Stephen Reynolds
  Stephen Reynolds (director)
  Stephen Reynolds is a Canadian television director. Notable work includes This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Eleventh Hour, Black Harbour, Codco and Made in Canada....
  
  , Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   and Jerry Ciccoritti
  Jerry Ciccoritti
  Jerry Ciccoritti is a Canadian film, television and theatre director. His ability to work in a number of genres and for many mediums has made him one of the most successful directors in the country.- Biography :...
  
  , for Made in Canada
• Pretty Funny Direction (Special or Episode): Henry Sarwer-Foner for Made in Canada, "Damacles What a Doll"

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Direction: Bruce Sweeney
  Bruce Sweeney
  Bruce Sweeney is a Canadian film director. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny Film Direction for the film Last Wedding...
  
   for Last Wedding
  Last Wedding
  Last Wedding is a 2001 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Bruce Sweeney. It opened the 26th annual Toronto International Film Festival in 2001...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Writing: Karen Walton
  Karen Walton
  Karen Walton is a Canadian screenwriter.A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Karen Walton wrote the film Ginger Snaps, for which she won a Best Film Writing Canadian Comedy Award in 2002. She later wrote for the Canadian television series What It's Like Being Alone...
  
   for Ginger Snaps
• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Mary Walsh for Rare Birds
  Rare Birds
  Rare Birds is a 2001 Canadian comedy/drama film. It was directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Edward Riche based on his novel. This movie features spectacular scenery from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. It also features music by the The Pogues and characteristic Canadian Maritime...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...
  
   for American Pie 2
  American Pie 2
  American Pie 2 is a 2001 comedy film and sequel to American Pie and is the second film in the American Pie film series. It was written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg, and directed by J. B. Rogers. The film picks up the story of the four friends from the first film as they reunite during the...
  
  

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: Family Circus Maximus
  Family Circus Maximus
  Family Circus Maximus is a play produced by The Second City in Toronto. It won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedic Play....
  
  , by The Second City
  The Second City
  The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
  
  
• Pretty Funny One Person Show: Erotic Laser Swordfight
  Erotic Laser Swordfight
  Erotic Laser Swordfight is a one-person show by Canadian comedian/performer Sean Cullen.Erotic Laser Swordfight won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Best One-Person Show....
  
  , by Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Gentlemen Callers
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Bob Martin
  Bob Martin (comedian)
  Bob Martin is a writer, actor, and comedian from Toronto, Ontario, Canada born in England circa 1963. He has both performed in and written many TV shows. He also provides the voice of Cuddles the comfort doll on the Canadian TV show Puppets Who Kill, aired on The Comedy Network.He starred in the...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf is a Canadian improv artist and television actress.She has worked with Toronto's The Second City and has played various roles in the TV series History Bites on Canada's History Channel.She is married to actor Bob Martin...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Slap Happy
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Shaun Majumder
  Shaun Majumder
  -Life and career:Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to a European descended mother from Newfoundland and an Indian father. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS, and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show Brain...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Kristeen von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen is a comedian and actor best known for her appearances on such Canadian television shows She's so Funny, The Dish Show, Single's Court, Zero Avenue, The Green Room and Comedy Now!...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Debra DiGiovanni
  Debra DiGiovanni
  Debra DiGiovanni is a Canadian stand-up comedian of Italian descent originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario.Her comedy career began with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course, in 2000 and has since been nominated for the coveted Tim Sims Comedy...
  
  

2003

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Cathy Jones for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia...
  
   for The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show was a Canadian sketch comedy series that ran from June 19, 2000 to July 1, 2003 on The Comedy Network.The show starred comedian Gavin Crawford, along with an ensemble cast of supporting performers...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction: Michael Kennedy
  Michael Kennedy (director)
  Michael Kennedy is a Canadian film and television director, writer and composer born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Career:...
  
  , Stephen Reynolds
  Stephen Reynolds (director)
  Stephen Reynolds is a Canadian television director. Notable work includes This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Eleventh Hour, Black Harbour, Codco and Made in Canada....
  
   and Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   for Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Writing: Rick Mercer
  Rick Mercer
  Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
  
   and Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
  
   for Made in Canada
• Pretty Funny Direction (Special or Episode): Shawn Alex Thompson
  Shawn Alex Thompson
  Shawn Alex Thompson is a Canadian actor, writer and television director, and one of the producers of Puppets Who Kill, which aired on Canada's The Comedy Network....
  
   for Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
  , "Cuddles Goes to Jail"
• Pretty Funny Writing (Special or Episode): Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...
  
  , Colin Mochrie
  Colin Mochrie
  Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...
  
  , Mary Walsh, Cathy Jones, Mark Critch
  Mark Critch
  Mark Critch is a Canadian comedian; he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.He was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12...
  
  , Mark Farrell, Paul Mather
  Paul Mather
  Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
  
  , Peter McBain
  Peter McBain
  Peter McBain is a Canadian comedian and writer. He has written for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Hour. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards as a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes as well as a Writers Guild of Canada Award in 2002, and a Gemini Award nomination in...
  
   and for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, "New Year's Eve Special"

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Nia Vardalos
  Nia Vardalos
  Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos is a Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, director, singer and producer. Her most notable work is the 2002 Academy Award–nominated film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.-Personal life:...
  
   for My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian and American romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos , a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class "White...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Mike Myers
  Mike Myers (actor)
  Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...
  
   for Goldmember
  Austin Powers in Goldmember
  Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 American spy comedy film and the third installment of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. The movie was directed by Jay Roach, and co-written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers. Myers also plays the roles of Dr. Evil, Goldmember,...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction: Paul Gross
  Paul Gross
  Paul Michael Gross is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in...
  
   for Men with Brooms
  Men with Brooms
  Men with Brooms is a 2002 Canadian romantic comedy film, starring and directed by Paul Gross. Centred on the sport of curling, the offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective life issues and struggle to win the...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Writing: Mike Myers for Goldmember

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny One Person Show: Heino Happy Hour, by Marc Hickox, Daniel Shehori, Steven Shehori
  Steven Shehori
  Steven Shehori is a multiple Canadian Comedy Award-winning and Gemini Award-nominated writer, director, playwright, actor and comedian from Toronto, Ontario. Since 2008, he has worked as a writer and celebrity interviewer for The Huffington Post, contributing humor, film, music, political and...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: Psychedelicatessen by The Second City
  The Second City
  The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Slap Happy
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Doug Morency
  Doug Morency
  Doug Morency is a Canadian improviser. A former member of comedy troupe The Second City and The Williamson Playboys with fellow Second City alum Paul Bates...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant is a Canadian comic improviser and actress.She played Brenda Murphy on Train 48.She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser .-External links:...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Winston Spear
  Winston Spear
  Winston Spear is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Toronto, Ontario. He is the winner of the 2003 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up and is a member of the cast of the popular CTV sketch comedy show Comedy Inc.. He has been called "King Of Obscure".* Winston is known for...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Gilson Lubin
  Gilson Lubin
  Gilson Lubin is a stand-up comedian originally from St.Lucia. Raised most his life in Canada, Gilson spent the past couple of years on the CTV programme MTV Live as one of its original seven hosts...
  
  

2004

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Series): David Storey
  David Storey
  David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....
  
  , Robert de Lint, Rob King
  Rob King
  Rob King has composed the music for the Heroes of Might and Magic series. He also created music and character sound effects for Everquest: Gates of Discord for Sony Online...
  
  , Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   and Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
  
   for Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  
• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Special or Episode): Carl Harvey
  Carl Harvey
  Carl Harvey is a Jamaican born guitarist and record producer who recorded as a member of Crack of Dawn and The Aggrovators in the 1970s, and later became guitarist for Toots & the Maytals.-Biography:...
  
   and Shelagh O'Brien for Sean Cullen Home for Christmas
  Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
  
  
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Series): Mark Farrell, Brent Butt
  Brent Butt
  Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
  
  , Andrew Carr and Paul Mather
  Paul Mather
  Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
  
   for Corner Gas
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Special or Episode): Luciano Casimiri, Harry Doupe
  Harry Doupe
  Harry Doupe is a Canadian stand-up comedian and writer. He has opened shows for The Tragically Hip and "Weird Al" Yankovic at the Air Canada Centre, and delivers an annual "Statelessness of the Industry" Address as part of The Canadian Comedy Awards....
  
  , Kristeen von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen is a comedian and actor best known for her appearances on such Canadian television shows She's so Funny, The Dish Show, Single's Court, Zero Avenue, The Green Room and Comedy Now!...
  
   and George Westerholm
  George Westerholm
  George Westerholm is a Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for his work as a writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Toronto Show.-Musical career:...
  
   for The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show was a Canadian television variety show, which aired from 2003 to 2005 on Toronto's independent station Toronto 1.The show was hosted by Enis Esmer, except for a series of specials hosted by Alan Park, Sean Cullen and others....
  
  , Episode 7
• Pretty Funny TV Male: Brent Butt for Corner Gas
• Pretty Funny TV Female: Marypat Farrell
  Marypat Farrell
  Marypat Farrell is an actress best known for her roles on The Gavin Crawford Show. She plays Kitty Robinson on the video podcast Goodnight Burbank.- References :...
  
   for The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show was a Canadian sketch comedy series that ran from June 19, 2000 to July 1, 2003 on The Comedy Network.The show starred comedian Gavin Crawford, along with an ensemble cast of supporting performers...
  
  

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Direction: Deborah Day
  Deborah Day
  Deborah Day is a Canadian film director and writer.She directed and co-wrote the film Expecting , starring Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath which won Most Popular Canadian Film at the 2002 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 2004 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Director.With Mochrie and...
  
   for Expecting
• Pretty Funny Writing: Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...
  
   for A Mighty Wind
  A Mighty Wind
  A Mighty Wind is a 2003 mockumentary about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands must reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. It was directed by Christopher Guest...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Eugene Levy for A Mighty Wind
  A Mighty Wind
  A Mighty Wind is a 2003 mockumentary about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands must reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. It was directed by Christopher Guest...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Debra McGrath
  Debra McGrath
  Debra McGrath is a Canadian actress and comedienne.-Education:Debra McGrath was born in Toronto in 1954. She studied theatre at Ryerson University.-Career:...
  
   for Expecting

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: The Williamson Playboys
  The Williamson Playboys
  The Williamson Playboys are a Canadian musical comedy duo made up of Canadian The Second City alum Doug Morency and Paul Bates. They won the 2004 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedic Play....
  
   by The Williamson Playboys
• Pretty Funny One Person Show: The Road Between My Ears, by Ron James
  Ron James (comedian)
  Ron James is a Canadian stand-up comedian.James was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; his family later moved to Halifax during his youth. He attended Acadia University, studying history and political science with the intention of becoming a history teacher...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Monkey Toast
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf is a Canadian improv artist and television actress.She has worked with Toronto's The Second City and has played various roles in the TV series History Bites on Canada's History Channel.She is married to actor Bob Martin...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Paul Bates
  Paul Bates
  Paul Bates is an American actor. He is most known for his minor roles in 8 Mile, True Romance and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.He is also known for playing Oha in the 1988 film Coming to America.-External links:...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Ron Sparks
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Laurie Elliott
  Laurie Elliott
  Laurie Elliott is a Canadian stand-up comedian. She has appeared in The Red Green Show, and won a Canadian Comedy Award as Best Female Stand-up...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Derek Edwards
  Derek Edwards
  Derek Edwards is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor from Timmins, Ontario. He went to Timmins High and Vocational School.In 1995, he was the winner of the Vail National Comedy Invitational in Vail, Colorado. He is the only Canadian to date to have won this award. He won the 2004 Canadian...
  
  

2005

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Series): David Storey
  David Storey
  David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....
  
   for Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  
• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Special or Episode): Stephen Reynolds
  Stephen Reynolds (director)
  Stephen Reynolds is a Canadian television director. Notable work includes This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Eleventh Hour, Black Harbour, Codco and Made in Canada....
  
   for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , Cycle 12 Episode 16
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Series): Bob Martin
  Bob Martin (comedian)
  Bob Martin is a writer, actor, and comedian from Toronto, Ontario, Canada born in England circa 1963. He has both performed in and written many TV shows. He also provides the voice of Cuddles the comfort doll on the Canadian TV show Puppets Who Kill, aired on The Comedy Network.He starred in the...
  
  , Susan Coyne
  Susan Coyne
  Susan Coyne is a Canadian writer and actress, best known as one of the co-creators and co-stars of the award-winning Slings and Arrows, a TV series which ran 2003–06 about a Canadian Shakespearean theatre company...
  
   and Mark McKinney
  Mark McKinney
  Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series and feature film , he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997...
  
   for Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
  
  
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Special or Episode): Levi MacDougall for Comedy Now!
  Comedy Now!
  Comedy Now! is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. The show has won numerous Gemini Awards as well as many international awards. It is broadcast in Canada on The Comedy Network, CTV and A...
  
  
• Pretty Funny TV Male: Brent Butt
  Brent Butt
  Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
  
   for Corner Gas
• Pretty Funny TV Female: Samantha Bee
  Samantha Bee
  Samantha Bee is a Canadian comedic actress and author best known as a cast member on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.-Early life:Bee was born in Toronto, Ontario into an unconventional family...
  
   for The Daily Show
  The Daily Show
  The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Taped Performance Live: Levi Macdougall for Comedy Now!

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Direction: Denise Blinn for The Porcelain Pussy
• Pretty Funny Writing: Kristen Thomson
  Kristen Thomson
  Kristen Thomson is a Canadian actress and playwright.Thomson was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is known for her one-woman play I, Claudia, which was adapted to film in 2004...
  
   for I, Claudia
  I, Claudia
  I, Claudia is a successful one-woman play starring Kristen Thomson, which was adapted into a movie, shown on CBC's Opening Night and at the Toronto International Film Festival....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Mike Wilmot
  Mike Wilmot
  Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong....
  
   for It's All Gone Pete Tong
  It's All Gone Pete Tong
  -CD 1:#"Pacific State" - 808 State #"Cloud Watch" - Lol Hammond#"Dry Pool Suicide" - Graham Massey#"Moonlight Sonata" - Graham Massey#"Baby Piano" - Lol Hammond#"Ku Da Ta" - Pete Tong...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Kristen Thomson for I, Claudia

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: Dickwhipped, by Kristeen von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen is a comedian and actor best known for her appearances on such Canadian television shows She's so Funny, The Dish Show, Single's Court, Zero Avenue, The Green Room and Comedy Now!...
  
  
• Pretty Funny One Person Show: From the Desk of Ron Sparks, by Ron Sparks
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Imponderables
  The Imponderables
  The Imponderables is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe based in Toronto. They are the winners of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Sketch Troupe.The troupe originated in Hamilton, Ontario...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Slap Happy
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant is a Canadian comic improviser and actress.She played Brenda Murphy on Train 48.She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser .-External links:...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Doug Morency
  Doug Morency
  Doug Morency is a Canadian improviser. A former member of comedy troupe The Second City and The Williamson Playboys with fellow Second City alum Paul Bates...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Mark Forward
  Mark Forward
  Mark Forward Originally from Oakville Ontario. Is a Canadian comedian and winner of the 2005 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Stand-up Newcomer. He also won the Homegrown Competition at the 2006 Just for Laughs festival. He has performed at the Halifax Comedy Festival, Hub Cap Comedy Festival and...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Mike Wilmot

2006

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Series): Robert de Lint & David Storey
  David Storey
  David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....
  
   ("Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  ")
• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Special or Episode): The Frantics - Dan Redican
  Dan Redican
  Dan Redican is a Canadian comedy writer and performer and puppeteer, best known for his work with the comedy troupe, The Frantics. As a founding member of the troupe he has worked since 1979 on numerous stage shows, the Frantic Times radio show, Four on the Floor TV show...
  
  , Rick Green
  Rick Green
  Rick Green is a Canadian comedian, satirist, and writer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo. From 1975 until 1979, he worked as a presenter at the Ontario Science Centre. In 1979, he helped found the Toronto-based comedy troupe The Frantics...
  
  , Peter Wildman
  Peter Wildman
  Peter Wildman is a Canadian actor, voice actor, musician, writer and member of the Frantics comedy troupe. He voiced Buzz Sherwood on The Red Green Show, Mojo on the X-Men Animated Series and Sergeant Murphy in the series The Busy World of Richard Scarry....
  
   and Paul Chato
  Paul Chato
  Paul Chato is a comedian and World Wide Web media executive. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1954 to Hungarian parents. Paul grew up in the first planned community in North America, Don Mills...
  
   ("The Frantics (comedy)")
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Series): Susan Coyne
  Susan Coyne
  Susan Coyne is a Canadian writer and actress, best known as one of the co-creators and co-stars of the award-winning Slings and Arrows, a TV series which ran 2003–06 about a Canadian Shakespearean theatre company...
  
  , Bob Martin
  Bob Martin (comedian)
  Bob Martin is a writer, actor, and comedian from Toronto, Ontario, Canada born in England circa 1963. He has both performed in and written many TV shows. He also provides the voice of Cuddles the comfort doll on the Canadian TV show Puppets Who Kill, aired on The Comedy Network.He starred in the...
  
   and Mark McKinney
  Mark McKinney
  Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series and feature film , he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997...
  
   ("Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
  
  ")
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Special or Episode): (Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
  : "The Joyride")
• Pretty Funny TV Male: Mark McKinney ("Slings & Arrows")
• Pretty Funny TV Female: Janet Wright
  Janet Wright
  Janet Wright is a Canadian actress and theatre director. She is best known for her role as Emma Leroy on the hit Canadian sitcom Corner Gas. She won a 2003 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for her role in Betrayed...
  
   ("Corner Gas")
• Pretty Funny Taped Live Performance: The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
   ("Sketch with Kevin McDonald")

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Direction: Donnie Mullins ("Chasing Aces")
• Pretty Funny Writing: Adam Till (Leo)
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
  
   ("Phil the Alien
  Phil the Alien
  Phil the Alien is a Canadian comedy film, released in 2004. It was written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk, who also starred as the titular Phil.Phil is an extraterrestrial who crash-lands in a small town in Northern Ontario...
  
  ")
• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Jennifer Robertson
  Jennifer Robertson
  Jennifer Robertson is an actress/writer who started her acting career in Canada, appearing on a number of Canadian television shows and films. In 2004 she was nominated for the Canadian Comedy Awards for her writing.-Career:...
  
   ("Twitches")

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: "SARSical the Musical"
• Pretty Funny One Person Show: "Trapped in Taffeta"
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Second City
  The Second City
  The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
  
  : "Reloaded"
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Die-Nasty
  Die-Nasty
  Die-Nasty is a live improvised soap opera, running weekly in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada since 1991. Die-Nastys improv comedy format features a continuing storyline and recurring characters, live music, and a director who sets up scenes for the audience in voiceover.The cast of Die-Nasty...
  
  : "The Live Improvised Soap Opera"
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Lauren Ash
  Lauren Ash
  Lauren Ash is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor.Recent television credits include Punched Up, Across the River to Motor City, Sketch with Kevin McDonald the CMT Canada fictionalized reality series The Wilkinsons and the Syfy original series Scare Tactics...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Kerry Griffin
  Kerry Griffin
  Kerry Griffin is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor.Kerry Griffin is a member of three time Canadian Comedy Award winning improv troupe Slap Happy , host of Inside the Out of Work Actors Studio, former artistic director of The Bad Dog Theatre Company and an instructor at both The Bad Dog Theatre...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Jon Dore
  Jon Dore
  Jonathan David Dore is a Canadian comedian and actor.-Career:Dore spent three years co-hosting Rogers Television's Daytime. For his work, creativity and quick improv skills, he received the Impression Award for best on-air personality in 2001...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Laurie Elliott
  Laurie Elliott
  Laurie Elliott is a Canadian stand-up comedian. She has appeared in The Red Green Show, and won a Canadian Comedy Award as Best Female Stand-up...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Pete Zedlacher
  Pete Zedlacher
  Pete Zedlacher is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor and television writer. He has appeared at Just For Laughs and the Halifax Comedy Festival, and won the 2006 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up...
  
  
• Dave Broadfoot
  Dave Broadfoot
  Dave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947...
  
   Award for Comic Genius: Mike MacDonald
• Special Award for Contributions to Comedy: Roger Abbott
  Roger Abbott
  Roger Abbott was a Canadian comedian. A founding member of the comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce, he was one of the troupe's stars and writers throughout its 29-year career on radio and television.-Early life:...
  
   & Don Ferguson
  Don Ferguson
  Don Ferguson is a Canadian actor and is one of the stars of XPM and Royal Canadian Air Farce. He is also the only Canadian-born original cast member of Air Farce....
  
  

2007

CATEGORY: TELEVISION

• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Series): T. W. Peacocke
  T. W. Peacocke
  TW Peacocke is an award-winning Canadian television and film director. Raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he studied painting at the Banff Centre, French civilization at the Université de Caen in France, and then went on to Yale University, from which he graduated in 1983...
  
   ("Rent-a-Goalie
  Rent-a-Goalie
  Rent-a-Goalie is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 - 2008. Its third season premiered 20 October 2008. The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series...
  
  ")
• Pretty Funny TV Direction (Special or Episode): Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   ("The Rick Mercer Report" ep. 16)
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Series): Brent Butt
  Brent Butt
  Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
  
  , Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
  
  , Paul Mather
  Paul Mather
  Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
  
  , , Andrew Carr and Rob Sheridan
  Rob Sheridan
  Rob Sheridan is an American graphic designer, director, and photographer best known for his extensive work with the band Nine Inch Nails....
  
   ("Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  ")
• Pretty Funny TV Writing (Special or Episode): Kevin White, Mark Critch
  Mark Critch
  Mark Critch is a Canadian comedian; he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.He was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12...
  
  , Gary Pearson
  Gary Pearson
  Gary Pearson is a Canadian comedian, and television writer producer. He grew up in the southwestern Ontario village of Comber. Taking an early interest in politics and art, he began to do editorial cartoons for the nearby weekly newspaper The Tilbury Times.He attended Sheridan College's...
  
  , Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia...
  
  , Jennifer Whalen
  Jennifer Whalen
  Jennifer Whalen is an American professional downhill mountain bike racer who won the 2005 NORBA National Championship in the Women's Super-D class...
  
   and Carolyn Taylor (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  : ep. 3)
• Pretty Funny TV Male: Eric Peterson
  Eric Peterson
  Eric Neal Peterson, C.M. is a Canadian stage and television actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian series – Street Legal, Corner Gas and This is Wonderland.-Personal life:...
  
   ("Corner Gas")
• Pretty Funny TV Female: Inga Cadranel ("Rent-A-Goalie")
• Pretty Funny Taped Live Performance: Tim Nutt ("Just for Laughs
  Just for Laughs
  Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...
  
  ")

CATEGORY: FILM

• Pretty Funny Direction: Eric Canuel
  Eric Canuel
  Eric Canuel is a film director and actor from Quebec, Canada.Eric Canuel began his career in the mid-1980s making music videos for such artists as Paul Piché, Sass Jordan, Norman Iceberg, Vilain Pingouin and Sylvain Cossette...
  
   ("Bon Cop, Bad Cop
  Bon Cop, Bad Cop
  Bon Cop, Bad Cop is a 2006 Canadian comedy-thriller buddy cop film about an Ontarian and a Québécois police officer who reluctantly join forces. The dialogue is a mixture of English and French...
  
  ")
• Pretty Funny Writing: Patrick Huard
  Patrick Huard
  Patrick Huard is a Quebecer actor and comedian.-Feature films:* 1997: J’en suis* 1997: Les Boys* 1998: Les Boys II* 2000: La vie après l’amour* 2000: Stardom* 2001: Les Boys III...
  
  , Leila Basen, Kevin Teirney and Alex Epstein ("Bon Cop, Bad Cop")
• Pretty Funny Male Performance: Patrick Huard ("Bon Cop, Bad Cop")
• Pretty Funny Female Performance: Amanda Tapping
  Amanda Tapping
  Amanda Tapping is an English-born Canadian actress, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis...
  
   (Breakdown)

CATEGORY: LIVE COMEDY

• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: "Plan Live from Outer Space
  Plan 9 from Outer Space
  Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
  
  "
• Pretty Funny One Person Show: Sandra Battaglini ("Hard Headed Woman")
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: The Sketchersons
  The Sketchersons
  The Sketchersons are a sketch comedy troupe based in Toronto, Ontario. They are winners of the 2007 Canadian Comedy Award for best Sketch Troupe, an award they had been nominated for each of the 3 years prior...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Illustrated Men
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Lauren Ash
  Lauren Ash
  Lauren Ash is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor.Recent television credits include Punched Up, Across the River to Motor City, Sketch with Kevin McDonald the CMT Canada fictionalized reality series The Wilkinsons and the Syfy original series Scare Tactics...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Drew McCreadie
  Drew McCreadie
  Drew McCreadie, born 1967, is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based actor, playwright and improvisor. He was the winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada at the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Stand-up: Mike Wilmot
  Mike Wilmot
  Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Female Stand-up: Debra DiGiovanni
  Debra DiGiovanni
  Debra DiGiovanni is a Canadian stand-up comedian of Italian descent originally from Tillsonburg, Ontario.Her comedy career began with the help of Humber College's inaugural year of their Comedy Writing and Performance course, in 2000 and has since been nominated for the coveted Tim Sims Comedy...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-up Newcomer: Jeff McEnery
  Jeff McEnery
  Jeff McEnery is a Canadian comedian from born in 1984 and raised in the small town of Acton, Ontario.He graduated from Humber College’s Comedy: Writing and Performance Program, and in 2004 won the college’s Best First Year Stand-Up Award. He won the Tim Sims Encouragement Award in 2005 and Yuk...
  
  
• Dave Broadfoot
  Dave Broadfoot
  Dave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947...
  
   Award for Comic Genius: Russell Peters
  Russell Peters
  Russell Dominic Peters is an Indo-Canadian comedian, actor and disc jockey. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and has been nominated for four Gemini Awards.-Early life :...
  
  
• Special Award for Contributions to Comedy: Cass Bayley

2008

• Pretty Funny Comic of the Year (Large Venue category): Russell Peters
  Russell Peters
  Russell Dominic Peters is an Indo-Canadian comedian, actor and disc jockey. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and has been nominated for four Gemini Awards.-Early life :...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-Up Male Comic: Gerry Dee
  Gerry Dee
  Gerry Dee is a Canadian stand-up comedian. Prior to his comic career, he was a physical education teacher and hockey coach at De La Salle College "Oaklands", a private co-ed high school in Toronto...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-Up Female Comic: Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Stand-Up Newcomer Comic: Peter Anthony
• Pretty Funny Comedic Play: Facebook of Revelations, The Second City
• Pretty Funny One-Person Show: The Sean Schau
• Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe: Canadian Content
  Canadian content
  Canadian content refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Improv Troupe: Show Stopping Number, The Improvised Musical
• Pretty Funny Female Improviser: Aurora Browne
  Aurora Browne
  Aurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, currently based out of Toronto. In 2000, she was nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. Also in that year she was hired by Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Improviser: Dan Joffre
• Pretty Funny TV Taped Live Performance: Gerry Dee
  Gerry Dee
  Gerry Dee is a Canadian stand-up comedian. Prior to his comic career, he was a physical education teacher and hockey coach at De La Salle College "Oaklands", a private co-ed high school in Toronto...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Direction Special or Episode: Samir Rehem, Cock'd Guns Episode No. 8
• Pretty Funny Direction Series: Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
  , The Rick Mercer Report
• Pretty Funny Writing Special or Episode: Mark Critch
  Mark Critch
  Mark Critch is a Canadian comedian; he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.He was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12...
  
  , Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia...
  
  , Gary Pearson
  Gary Pearson
  Gary Pearson is a Canadian comedian, and television writer producer. He grew up in the southwestern Ontario village of Comber. Taking an early interest in politics and art, he began to do editorial cartoons for the nearby weekly newspaper The Tilbury Times.He attended Sheridan College's...
  
  , Kyle Tingley, Jennifer Whalen
  Jennifer Whalen
  Jennifer Whalen is an American professional downhill mountain bike racer who won the 2005 NORBA National Championship in the Women's Super-D class...
  
  , Albert Howell
  Albert Howell
  Albert Howell is a Canadian improv comedian and poet. He has appeared in several films and television shows, and has received recognition for his screenwriting as well as for his improv work.-Improv comedy:...
  
  , Tim McAuliffe, Nathan Fielder
  Nathan Fielder
  Nathan Fielder is a writer, comedian and filmmaker, born in Vancouver, British Columbia.After receiving the 2006 Tim Sims Award for outstanding Canadian comedy newcomer, Fielder went on to join the cast of the CBC comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes as a field correspondent.More recently, he...
  
  , Geri Hall
  Geri Hall
  Geri Hall is a Canadian actress and comedian. She has appeared on the CBC's This Hour has 22 Minutes in October and November 2004, March 2007 and became a permanent cast anchor in October 2007. Other appearances include the Rick Mercer Report and numerous television commercials...
  
  , Andre Bush and Dean Jenkinson, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   Episode No. 3
• Pretty Funny Writing Series: Jon Dore
  Jon Dore
  Jonathan David Dore is a Canadian comedian and actor.-Career:Dore spent three years co-hosting Rogers Television's Daytime. For his work, creativity and quick improv skills, he received the Impression Award for best on-air personality in 2001...
  
  , Mark Foward and Steven Patterson
  Steven Patterson
  Steven Andrew Patterson is an English first-class cricketer, contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club....
  
  , The Jon Dore Show
• Pretty Funny Female TV Performance: Geri Hall
  Geri Hall
  Geri Hall is a Canadian actress and comedian. She has appeared on the CBC's This Hour has 22 Minutes in October and November 2004, March 2007 and became a permanent cast anchor in October 2007. Other appearances include the Rick Mercer Report and numerous television commercials...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male TV Performance: Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford
  Gavin Crawford is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for The Gavin Crawford Show and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Crawford is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of British Columbia...
  
  
• Pretty Funny Film Directing: Jason Reitman
  Jason Reitman
  Jason Reitman is a Canadian/American film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking , Juno , and Up in the Air . As of February 2, 2010, he has received three Academy Award nominations, two of which are for Best Director...
  
  , Juno
  Juno (film)
  Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Film Writing: Seth Rogen
  Seth Rogen
  Seth Rogen is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, and voice artist. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy during his teen years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a small part in Freaks and...
  
  , Superbad
• Pretty Funny Female Actress of the Year: Ellen Page
  Ellen Page
  Ellen Philpotts-Page , known professionally as Ellen Page, is a Canadian actress. Page received both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her role as the title character in the film Juno...
  
  , Juno
  Juno (film)
  Juno is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera, Olivia Thirlby, J. K....
  
  
• Pretty Funny Male Actor of the Year: Michael Cera
  Michael Cera
  Michael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Arrested Development, Youth in Revolt, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Juno. Cera received the 2008 Canadian Comedy Award for best male performance for his work in Superbad.-Early...
  
  , Superbad
• Pretty Funny Web Clip: Sure Lock: A True Poo story
• Pretty Funny Radio Clip: Bad Santa, Q107
• Pretty Funny Comic Person of the Year: Seth Rogen
  Seth Rogen
  Seth Rogen is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, and voice artist. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy during his teen years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a small part in Freaks and...
  
  

Most Successful Shows

The TV shows which have had the most success at the Canadian Comedy Awards are:

• This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   - 15 wins (2000–2003, 2005, 2007–2008)
• Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
   - 9 wins (2000–2003)
• Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
   - 9 wins (2004–2007)
• Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
  
   - 3 wins (2005–2006)
• Comedy Now!
  Comedy Now!
  Comedy Now! is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. The show has won numerous Gemini Awards as well as many international awards. It is broadcast in Canada on The Comedy Network, CTV and A...
  
   - 2 wins (2005)
• The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show
  The Gavin Crawford Show was a Canadian sketch comedy series that ran from June 19, 2000 to July 1, 2003 on The Comedy Network.The show starred comedian Gavin Crawford, along with an ensemble cast of supporting performers...
  
   - 2 wins (2003–2004)
• Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill
  Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
  
   - 2 wins (2003, 2006)
• Rent-a-Goalie
  Rent-a-Goalie
  Rent-a-Goalie is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 - 2008. Its third season premiered 20 October 2008. The first season was nominated for three Gemini Awards, including Best Comedy Series...
  
   - 2 wins (2007)

Most Successful Groups

The groups/troupes with the most Canadian Comedy Award wins are:

• The Second City
  The Second City
  The Second City is a improvisational comedy enterprise which originated in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959 and has since expanded its presence to several other cities, including Toronto and Los Angeles...
  
   Mainstage - 7 wins (Best Improv Troupe, 2001; Best Sketch Troupe, 2001 & 2006; Best Comedic Play (Family Circus Maximus
  Family Circus Maximus
  Family Circus Maximus is a play produced by The Second City in Toronto. It won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedic Play....
  
   in 2002, Psychedelicatessen in 2003 and Facebook of Revelations in 2008)
• The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
   - 3 wins (Best Sketch Troupe, 2003–2004; Best Taped Live Performance, 2006).
• Slap Happy - 3 wins for Best Improv Troupe (2002-2003 & 2005).

People with the most wins (eight)

• Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell
  Mark Farrell is a Canadian comedian and writer, who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989. One of the founders of Canada's alternative comedy scene. Farrell helped lead an exodus from the Yuk Yuk's chain, along with other prominent...
  
   was the first person to win 8 Canadian Comedy Awards, for Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , 2001–2002; Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  , 2003; Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  , 2004 & 2007), Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (Made in Canada, 2001; This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 2003), and Best Direction - TV Series (Corner Gas - 2004).
• Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner
  Henry Sarwer-Foner is a Canadian television director. He has won numerous Gemini, DGC and Canadian Comedy Awards as the director of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Corner Gas.-Television:* It's Only Rock & Roll - 1987...
  
   has also won 8 awards, including Best Direction - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , 2001; Made in Canada, 2002–2003; Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  , 2004; The Rick Mercer Report, 2008) and Best Direction - TV Special or Episode (for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   in 2000, Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
   in 2002 and The Rick Mercer Report in 2007).

People with three wins or more

Many others have also won several awards. The following people have won at least three awards:

Seven wins

• Cathy Jones - 7 awards for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , including Best Female TV Performance (2001 & 2003), Best Writing - TV Series (2000–2002) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (2000 & 2003).
• Rick Mercer
  Rick Mercer
  Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and blogger.Mercer first came to national attention in 1990, when he premiered his one man show Show Me the Button, I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in...
  
   - 7 awards, for Best Male TV Performance (Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  , 2000 & 2002), Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , 2000–2002; Made in Canada, 2003), and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 2000).
• Mary Walsh - 7 awards, including six for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   (Best Female TV Performance (2000), Best Writing - TV Series (2000–2002), Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (2000 & 2003)) and Best Female Film Performance for Rare Birds
  Rare Birds
  Rare Birds is a 2001 Canadian comedy/drama film. It was directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Edward Riche based on his novel. This movie features spectacular scenery from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. It also features music by the The Pogues and characteristic Canadian Maritime...
  
   in 2002.

Six wins

• Ron Sparks - 6 awards, including Best Stand-up Newcomer (2004), Best One Person Show (From the Desk of Ron Sparks, 2005), Best Comedic Play (Plan LIVE from Outer Space!, 2007)), and with The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
  , Best Sketch Troupe (2003–2004) and Best Taped Live Performance (2006).

Five wins

• Brent Butt
  Brent Butt
  Brent Butt is a Canadian stand-up comedian actor and writer. He is best known for his role as Brent Leroy on the CTV sitcom Corner Gas, which he also created. The series was an instant hit when it made its debut in 2004....
  
   - Five awards, including Best Male Stand-up (2001), Best Male TV Performance (Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  , 2004–2005) and Best Writing - TV Series (Corner Gas, 2004 & 2007).
• Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy
  Eugene Levy, CM is a Canadian actor, comedian, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have appeared in all eight of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...
  
   - Five awards, including two for Best Writing - Film (Best in Show
  Best in Show (film)
  Best in Show is a 2000 independent film that follows five entrants in a prestigious dog show. The film focuses on the slightly surreal interactions among the various owners and handlers as they travel to the show and compete. Much of the dialogue was improvised.Christopher Guest directed; he also...
  
   in 2001 and A Mighty Wind
  A Mighty Wind
  A Mighty Wind is a 2003 mockumentary about a folk music reunion concert in which three folk bands must reunite for a television performance for the first time in decades. It was directed by Christopher Guest...
  
   in 2004) and three for Best Male Film Performance (Best in Show, American Pie 2
  American Pie 2
  American Pie 2 is a 2001 comedy film and sequel to American Pie and is the second film in the American Pie film series. It was written by Adam Herz and David H. Steinberg, and directed by J. B. Rogers. The film picks up the story of the four friends from the first film as they reunite during the...
  
   in 2002 and A Mighty Wind).
• Paul Mather
  Paul Mather
  Paul Mather is a Canadian comedy writer.Along with Donovan Workun, he is a founding member of the Edmonton improv troupe Atomic Improv. While living in Edmonton, he also worked with Rapid Fire Theatre and Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. He has won four Canadian Comedy Awards for his work on This...
  
   - Five awards, for Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   2001-2002) & Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
   (2004 & 2007), and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   2003).
• Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey
  Greg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...
  
   - Five awards, all for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , including Best Writing - TV Series (2000–2002) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (2000 & 2003). - Five awards, including Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , 2001–2002 & Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  , 2007) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 2003 & 2007).

Four wins

• Kerry Griffin
  Kerry Griffin
  Kerry Griffin is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor.Kerry Griffin is a member of three time Canadian Comedy Award winning improv troupe Slap Happy , host of Inside the Out of Work Actors Studio, former artistic director of The Bad Dog Theatre Company and an instructor at both The Bad Dog Theatre...
  
   - Four awards, for Best Improv Troupe (Slap Happy, 2002–2003, 2005) and Best Male Improviser (2006).
• Bob Martin
  Bob Martin (comedian)
  Bob Martin is a writer, actor, and comedian from Toronto, Ontario, Canada born in England circa 1963. He has both performed in and written many TV shows. He also provides the voice of Cuddles the comfort doll on the Canadian TV show Puppets Who Kill, aired on The Comedy Network.He starred in the...
  
   - Four awards, for Best Male Improviser (2002), Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  , 2002) and Best Writing - TV Series (Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
  
  , 2005–2006).
• Mike Myers
  Mike Myers (actor)
  Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...
  
   - Four awards, including two each for Best Male Film Performance and Best Writing - Film (for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, released in 1999, is the second film in the Austin Powers series that began with 1997's Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember. The film was directed by Jay Roach, co-written by Mike Myers and screenwriter...
  
   in 2001, and Goldmember
  Goldmember
  Johan van der Smut, better known as Goldmember, is a fictional agent in the third film of the Austin Powers trilogy, Austin Powers in Goldmember. He is played by Mike Myers. The character was partially inspired by the James Bond's Auric Goldfinger...
  
   in 2003)
• Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne
  Nikki Payne , is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up...
  
   - Four awards, including Best Stand-up Newcomer (2001) and three for Best Female Stand-up (2003, 2005 & 2008).

Three wins

• Lauren Ash
  Lauren Ash
  Lauren Ash is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor.Recent television credits include Punched Up, Across the River to Motor City, Sketch with Kevin McDonald the CMT Canada fictionalized reality series The Wilkinsons and the Syfy original series Scare Tactics...
  
   - Three awards, for Best Female Improv (2006–2007) and Best Sketch Troupe (Second City: Reloaded, 2006).
• Luciano Casimiri - Three awards, for Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   in 2001-2002) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (for The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show was a Canadian television variety show, which aired from 2003 to 2005 on Toronto's independent station Toronto 1.The show was hosted by Enis Esmer, except for a series of specials hosted by Alan Park, Sean Cullen and others....
  
   in 2004).
• John Catucci
  John Catucci
  John Catucci, also known as Giovanni Catucci, is a Canadian sketch comedian, singer, and actor. He is a member of The Minnesota Wrecking Crew and the musical comedy duo The DooWops, with David Mesiano....
  
   - Three awards, for Best Sketch Troupe (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
  , 2003–2004) and Best Taped Live Performance (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew in "Sketch with Kevin McDonald", 2006).
• Mark Critch
  Mark Critch
  Mark Critch is a Canadian comedian; he was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.He was a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and is now a star after two appearances in the 10th Season and recurring in Seasons 11 and 12...
  
   - Three wins for Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 2003 & 2007-2008).
• Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen
  Seán Cullen is a Canadian comedian. He is known for combining improvisation with mimicry and music. Cullen has been described in Time as the "vanguard of comedy's next generation". He is best known for voicing Four, Five & Seven in Seven Little Monsters. -Career:Cullen entered into the public eye...
  
   - Three awards, for Best One Person Show (Erotic Laser Swordfight, 2002 and The Sean Shau, 2008), and Best Male Film Performance (Phil the Alien, 2006).
• Josh Glover - Three awards, for Best Sketch Troupe (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
  , 2003–2004) and Best Taped Live Performance (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew in "Sketch with Kevin McDonald", 2006).
• Sandy Jobin-Bevans
  Sandy Jobin-Bevans
  Sandy Jobin-Bevans is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor. He is a member of the three-time Canadian Comedy Award winning improvisation troupe Slap Happy....
  
   - Three awards for Best Improv Troupe (Slap Happy, 2002–2003, 2005).
• Edward Kay
  Edward Kay
  Edward Kay is a Toronto-based writer with a background in both live-action and animated television comedy, as well as print journalism.Kay spent four years as a writer and producer on the political satire, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, before becoming supervising producer of The Itch, a comedy series...
  
   - Three awards, for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , including Best Writing - TV Series (2000), Best Writing - TV Series (2001) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (2000).
• Michael Kennedy
  Michael Kennedy (director)
  Michael Kennedy is a Canadian film and television director, writer and composer born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Career:...
  
   - Three awards for Best Direction - TV Series (Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  , 2000 & 2002-2003).
• Mark McKinney
  Mark McKinney
  Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series and feature film , he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997...
  
   - Three awards, for Best Writing - TV Series (Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows
  Slings and Arrows is a Canadian TV series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival...
  
  , 2005–2006) and Best Male TV Performance (Slings and Arrows, 2006).
• Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant
  Lisa Merchant is a Canadian comic improviser and actress.She played Brenda Murphy on Train 48.She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser .-External links:...
  
   - Three awards for Best Female Improviser (2001, 2003 & 2005).
• Colin Mochrie
  Colin Mochrie
  Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish Canadian actor and improvisational comedian, most famous for his appearances on the British and US versions of television improvisation show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.-Early life:...
  
   - Three awards, for Best Male Improviser (2000), Best Male TV Performance (for Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...
  
   in 2001) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
   in 2003).
• Doug Morency
  Doug Morency
  Doug Morency is a Canadian improviser. A former member of comedy troupe The Second City and The Williamson Playboys with fellow Second City alum Paul Bates...
  
   - Three awards, including Best Male Improviser (2003 & 2005) and Best Comedic Play (The Williamson Playboys
  The Williamson Playboys
  The Williamson Playboys are a Canadian musical comedy duo made up of Canadian The Second City alum Doug Morency and Paul Bates. They won the 2004 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedic Play....
  
  , 2004).
• Mike "Nug" Nahrgang - Three awards, for Best Sketch Troupe (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew
  The Minnesota Wrecking Crew is a Canadian sketch comedy troupe, featuring members John Catucci, Josh Glover, Mike 'Nug' Nahrgang and Ron Sparks. They all met as members of The Vanier Improv Company...
  
  , 2003–2004) and Best Taped Live Performance (The Minnesota Wrecking Crew in "Sketch with Kevin McDonald", 2006).
• Dave Pearce
  Dave Pearce
  Dave Pearce is a British dance DJ and record producer, who has played gigs across the UK and the world, although he is perhaps best known for his work in radio. He currently works for the BBC 6 Music...
  
   - Three awards for Best Improv Troupe (Slap Happy, 2002–2003, 2005).
• Stephen Reynolds
  Stephen Reynolds (director)
  Stephen Reynolds is a Canadian television director. Notable work includes This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Eleventh Hour, Black Harbour, Codco and Made in Canada....
  
   - Three awards, including two for Best Direction - TV Series (Made in Canada
  Made in Canada
  Made in Canada is a Canadian television situation comedy which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2003. Rick Mercer co-created the program and starred as mercenary TV producer Richard Strong....
  
  , 2002–2003) and Best Direction - TV Special or Episode (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , 2005).
• Tim Steeves
  Tim Steeves
  Tim Steeves is an award-winning Canadian stand-up comedian and writer. He has written for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Rick Mercer Report and helped create the Canadian TV comedy special Talking to Americans....
  
   - Three awards for This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , including Best Writing - TV Series (2000–2001) and Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (2000).
• David Storey
  David Storey
  David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....
  
   - Three awards for Best Direction - TV Series (Corner Gas
  Corner Gas
  Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
  
  , 2004–2006).
• Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf
  Janet van de Graaf is a Canadian improv artist and television actress.She has worked with Toronto's The Second City and has played various roles in the TV series History Bites on Canada's History Channel.She is married to actor Bob Martin...
  
   - Three awards, including Best Female Improviser (2002 & 2004) and Best Female TV Performance (History Bites
  History Bites
  History Bites was a television series on the History Television network that ran from 1998-2003. Created by Rick Green, History Bites explored what would be on television if the medium had been around for the last 5,000 years of human history. Typically, a significant historical event was chosen...
  
  , 2002).
• Kristeen von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen
  Kristeen Von Hagen is a comedian and actor best known for her appearances on such Canadian television shows She's so Funny, The Dish Show, Single's Court, Zero Avenue, The Green Room and Comedy Now!...
  
   - Three awards, including Best Female Stand-up (2002), Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show was a Canadian television variety show, which aired from 2003 to 2005 on Toronto's independent station Toronto 1.The show was hosted by Enis Esmer, except for a series of specials hosted by Alan Park, Sean Cullen and others....
  
  , 2004), and Best Comedic Play (Dickwhipped, 2005).
• Tabetha Wells
  Tabetha Wells
  Tabetha Wells is a Canadian comedic and dramatic actor and writer.Wells is a member of three time Canadian Comedy Award winning improv troupe Slap Happy. She has also toured across Canada as a cast member of The Second City National Touring Company. As a writer, she has written for several shows on...
  
   - Three awards for Best Improv Troupe (Slap Happy, 2002–2003, 2005).
• George Westerholm
  George Westerholm
  George Westerholm is a Canadian musician, singer, comedian and writer. He has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for his work as a writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Toronto Show.-Musical career:...
  
   - Three awards, two for Best Writing - TV Series (This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials...
  
  , 2000–2001) and one for Best Writing - TV Special or Episode (The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show
  The Toronto Show was a Canadian television variety show, which aired from 2003 to 2005 on Toronto's independent station Toronto 1.The show was hosted by Enis Esmer, except for a series of specials hosted by Alan Park, Sean Cullen and others....
  
  , 2004).
• Mike Wilmot
  Mike Wilmot
  Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong....
  
   - Three awards, for Best Male Stand-up (2005 & 2007) and Best Male Film Performance (It's All Gone Pete Tong
  It's All Gone Pete Tong
  -CD 1:#"Pacific State" - 808 State #"Cloud Watch" - Lol Hammond#"Dry Pool Suicide" - Graham Massey#"Moonlight Sonata" - Graham Massey#"Baby Piano" - Lol Hammond#"Ku Da Ta" - Pete Tong...
  
  , 2005).

Specials

The Canadian Comedy Awards have sponsored several spin-off specials, including:

• The Canadian Comedy Awards: Nice Special
• The Canadian Comedy Awards: Naughty Special
• The Canadian Comedy Awards - Best of the Fest 2007
• The Canadian Comedy Awards: Weekend Wrap-Up (2006)