List of Canadian Comedy Awards ceremonies

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Founded in 1999, the Canadian Comedy Awards have a mandate "to recognize, celebrate and promote Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad." [1] The awards ceremonies are known for placing "gags over glamour" with quick wit and improvisational skills shown by hosts, presenters and recipients. [2] From 2002 to 2015, the awards ceremony was held as part of the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival, with dozens of comedy events. [3]

Contents

No.DateVenueHost cityHost(s)Artist of the Year [lower-alpha 1] FestivalTelevised [lower-alpha 2] Ref
1st 6 Apr 2000 Masonic Temple Toronto, Ontario Dave Thomas —— CTV
The Comedy Network 		[5]
2nd Apr 2001 The Guvernment Toronto Sheila McCarthy
Patrick McKenna 		——The Comedy Network
Star! [lower-alpha 3] 		[3]
3rd 4 Apr 2002 The Docks Toronto Brent Butt ——— [2]
4th Sep 2003 Grand Theatre [ citation needed ] London, Ontario Royal Canadian Air Farce —— [lower-alpha 4] — [3]
5th Oct 2004—London Scott Thompson —— [lower-alpha 4] — [3]
6th 22 Oct 2005—London Bruce Hunter as
Rocko the Dog 		—18–22 Oct— [7]
7th 27 Oct 2006London Music Hall Complex[ citation needed ]London Debra DiGiovanni —24–28 OctGala review only [8]
8th 12 Oct 2007London Music Hall Complex[ citation needed ]London Ryan Belleville —9–13 OctVariety specials only [3] [9]
9th 5 Oct 2008 Casino Regina [10] Regina, Saskatchewan Alan Park Seth Rogen 1–5 OctVariety special only [11] [3]
10th 2 Oct 2009 Imperial Theatre Saint John, New Brunswick Seán Cullen Seth Rogen1–4 OctVariety special only [12] [3]
11th 18 Oct 2010 Winter Garden Theatre Toronto Dave Foley Irwin Barker [lower-alpha 5] 14–18 Oct— [13] [14]
12th 17 Oct 2011 Isabel Bader Theatre Toronto Steve Patterson [15] Samantha Bee 13–17 Oct— [16] [17]
13th 26 Aug 2012 Fairmont Royal York Toronto Alan Thicke Nikki Payne 23–26 Aug [18] — [19]
14th 6 Oct 2013 Centrepointe Theatre Ottawa, OntarioRyan Belleville Colin Mochrie 3–6 Oct— [20]
15th 14 Sep 2014 Ottawa Little Theatre Ottawa Tom Green [21] Dave Foley 10–14 Sep— [22]
16th 13 Sep 2015 Toronto Reference Library Toronto— Samantha Bee —— [23] [24]
17th 6 Nov 2016 The Second City Toronto— Mike Ward —— [25]
18th 18 Jun 2018—Toronto— Mike MacDonald [lower-alpha 5] —— [26] [27]
19th 4 Jun 2019The Second CityToronto Ali Hassan Catherine O'Hara —— [28]

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ↑ Artist of the Year, a.k.a. Canadian Comedy Person of the Year, was first awarded in 2008.
  2. ↑ Unless otherwise noted, specified events were taped for broadcast on The Comedy Network. There was also a 10th anniversary special broadcast in 2010. [4]
  3. ↑ Star! broadcast the awards pre-show. [6]
  4. 1 2 A 3-day festival was held but the dates are not known. [3]
  5. 1 2 Awarded posthumously

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