Nominations were announced on January 19, 2016. Throughout the week before the main ceremony, awards in many technical categories were presented in a series of galas.
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- Room — Ed Guiney, David Gross
- Brooklyn — Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
- Corbo — Félize Frappier
- The Demons (Les Démons) — Philippe Lesage
- Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) — Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant
- The Forbidden Room — Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso, Phyllis Laing, David Christensen, Guy Maddin
- My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) — Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
- Our Loved Ones (Les Êtres chers) — Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant
- Remember — Robert Lantos, Ari Lantos
- Sleeping Giant — Karen Harnisch, Andrew Cividino, Marc Swenker, James Vandewater, Aaron Yeger
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| Actor in a supporting role | Actress in a supporting role |
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| Original Screenplay | Adapted Screenplay |
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| Feature Length Documentary | Short Documentary |
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- Hurt — Peter Gentile, Alan Zweig
- The Amina Profile — Isabelle Couture, Nathalie Cloutier, Hugo Latulippe, Michel St-Cyr, Guy Villeneuve, Colette Loumède
- Hadwin's Judgement — Sasha Snow, Elizabeth Yake, David Allen, David Christensen, Yves J. Ma, Tracey Friesen
- How to Change the World — Jerry Rothwell, Al Morrow, Bous De Jong, John Murray, Jonny Persey, Stewart Le Maréchal, David Nicholas Wilkinson, John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby
- Last of the Elephant Men — Daniel Ferguson, Arnaud Bouquet, Ian Oliveri, Ian Quenneville, Nathalie Barton, Karim Samai, Laurent Mini
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| Live Action Short Drama | Animated Short |
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| Art Direction/Production Design | Cinematography |
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| Costume Design | Editing |
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| Overall Sound | Sound Editing |
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- Lou Solakofski, Ian Rankin, Joe Morrow, Russ Dyck, Graham Rogers, James Bastable, André Azoubel, Don White and Jack Heeren, Hyena Road
- Sylvain Brassard, Arnaud Têtu, Pascal Van Strydonck and Olivier Léger, Adrien (Le Garagiste)
- Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Daniel Bisson, Jean-Charles Desjardins and François Grenon, Endorphine
- Lou Solakofski, Kirk Lynds, Kristian Bailey, Don White, Jack Heeren, Rob Coxford and Peter Caristedt, Into the Forest
- Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Daniel Bisson, Claude La Haye and Benoît Leduc, My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)
| - Jane Tattersall, David McCallum, Martin Gwynn Jones, Barry Gilmore, David Evans, David Rose, Brennan Mercer, Ed Douglas, Kevin Banks, Goro Koyama and Andy Malcolm, Hyena Road
- Benoît Dame, Adrien (Le Garagiste)
- Sylvain Bellemare, Claire Pochon, Jérôme Décarie and François Senneville, Endorphine
- Mark Gingras and Jill Purdy, Forsaken
- John Gurdebeke and David Rose, The Forbidden Room
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| Achievement in Music: Original Score | Achievement in Music: Original Song |
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| Make-Up | Visual Effects |
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| - Phil Jones, Sarah Wormsbecher, Eric Doiron, Anthony DeChellis, Lon Molnar, Geoff D.E. Scott, Nathan Larouche and Mark Fordham, Hyena Road
- Darren Wall, Borealis
- Alain Lachance and Eve Brunet, Endorphine
- Eric Doiron, Sarah Wormsbecher, Nathan Larouche, Anthony DeChellis, Geoff D.E. Scott, Jason Snea, Joel Chambers, Kaiser Thomas, Lon Molnar and Rob Kennedy, Remember
- Marcelo Alves de Souza, Paulo Barcellos, Adams Carvalho, George Schall, Luis Dourado, Emerson Bonadias, Diego Moreira, Luciano Santa Barbara, Thiago Sá and Luis Dreyfuss, Zoom
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| Best Cinematography in a Documentary | Best Editing in a Documentary |
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| Special awards |
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Jamie M. Dagg, River[5]
Yosef Baraki, Mina Walking[6]
Snowtime! (La Guerre des tuques 3D)[7]
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The Ottawa Shootings
PC Leadership Special
Toronto Votes
Shooting on Parliament Hill
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"Blind Rejection" — Christina Stevens, Mark Trueman
"Rape Kits" — Angela MacIvor
"Parliament Hill Shooting: Searching for Answers" — Ashley Burke, Judy Trinh, Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco
"Lil Secrett" — Robin Brown, Makda Ghebreslassie, Greg Layson
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| News reportage, national | Local newscast |
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| National newscast | News information series |
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| News anchor, local | News anchor, national |
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| Host or interviewer, news or information program or series | News or information program |
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"Under Fire"
"Abusive Care"
"The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi"
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| Host in a children's, preschool or youth program or series | Host in a Variety, Lifestyle, Reality/Competition, or Talk Program or Series |
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"Vaccine Confusion" — Erica Johnson, Tiffany Foxcroft, Lindsay Sample, Tyana Grundig, Aileen McBride
"The Finish Line" — Paul Hunter, Carmen Merrifield, Dominique Banoun, Andy Hincenbergs, Jamie Hopkins, Sharon Wu
"The Fear Within: Attack on the Hill" — Bob McKeown, Scott Anderson, Oleh Rumak, Allya Davidson, Alieen McBride
"Gordie's Comeback" — Avis Favaro, Jerry Vienneau, Elizabeth St. Philip, Brian Mellersh, André Lapalme
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| Live sporting event coverage | Sports analysis or commentary |
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| Sports host | Sports play-by-play |
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| Sports feature segment | Sports opening |
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- TSN, "The Butterfly Child" — Ross Rheaume, James Duthie, Brent Blanchard, Devon Burns
- TSN, "Bryan Murray" — Matt Cade, Michael Farber, Karl Roeder, Brent Blanchard, David Midgely
- Sportsnet, "Family First: The Chris Sutter Story" — Marc Leblanc, George Skoutakis, Kirt Berry, Andrew Formentini
- TSN, "Favela United" — Josh Shiaman, Rick Westhead, Darren Oliver, Devon Burns, Kevin Fallis
- TSN, "The Stastny Brothers" — Josh Shiaman, Dave Naylor, Jason Wessel, Brent Blanchard
| - TSN, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup — Matt Dunn, Michael Farber, Devon Burns, Darren Oliver, Steve Denheyer
- CBC Sports, 2015 Pan American Games Opening Show — Paul McDougall, Karen Sebesta, Tim Thompson, Jeff Shelagy
- Sportsnet, MLB Central's Baseball's Treasures — Stephen Paine
- Sportsnet, 2015 NHL Draft — Marc Leblanc, Stephen Brunt, Mark Wade, George Skoutakis
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"The Pain Game: Drugs, Doctors and Pro Sports" (CBC) — Bob McKeown, Scott Anderson, Andrew Culbert, Liz Rosch
- Have a Purpose: The Ian Jenkins Story (Sportsnet) — Marc Leblanc, Paul Sidhu, Mark Wade
- The Perfect Storm: 1994 Montreal Expos (TSN) — Sean Menard
- Sports on Fire (HBO Canada) — Kim Arnott, Andrew Barnsley, Jeff Aghassi, Pete McCormack, Kevin Foley, Mandy Spencer-Philips
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| Editorial research | Visual research |
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- Nicole Reinert, Alexandra Byers, Greg McArthur, Zach Dubinsky, Chelsea Gomez and Joseph Loiero, The Fifth Estate: "The Mob and Michael Degroote"
- Timothy Sawa and Lori Ward, CBC News: "Campus Sexual Assaults: The Fight to Get the Real Picture"
- Erica Johnson, Lynn Burgess and Lindsay Sample, Marketplace: "Dispensing Danger"
- Nathalie Bibeau, Sugar Coated
- Larry Wong, Jordan Paterson, Judy Lam Maxwell and Vera Yuen,
| - Gina Cali, The Nature of Things: "Jellyfish Rule"
- Kristina Howard, The Great War Tour with Norm Christie: "The Vimy Pilgrimage"
- Monica Penner, Nava Rastegar and Laura Blaney, Sugar Coated
- Erin Chisholm, War Story: "Liberation"
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- Stephen Lynch and Sandy Sokolowski, Orphan Black: "Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method"
- Lalette Littlejohn, Francesca Van der Feyst, Talia Barak and Koketso Mbuli, The Book of Negroes
- Melissa Purino, Kept Woman
- Colin Penman and Ryan Reed, Killjoys: "Bangarang"
- Sue Upton and Gerald Altenburg, King Lear
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| Photography in a comedy series | Photography in a documentary program or factual series |
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| - Jordan Paterson and Norm Li, Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI
- Sean White, Bahama Blue: "The Sand Flats"
- Chris Belchevski,
- Tim Hutchinson, The Secret Science of the Dog Park
- Milan Podsedly, Songs of Freedom
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| Photography in a drama program or series | Photography in a lifestyle or reality program or series |
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| Photography in a news or information program, series or segment | Photography in a variety or sketch comedy program or series |
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- Jean-François Bisson, Losing Liberia
- Glen Kugelstadt, CBC News: The National: "Quebec Volunteer in Nepal"
- Kirk Neff, The Day the Wave Came
- Jerry Vienneau, W5: "Feeding Hope"
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| Editing in a comedy program or series | Editing in a dramatic program or series |
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| - Matthew Anas, Orphan Black: "Newer Elements of Our Defence"
- Yvann Thibaudeau, 19-2: "School"
- Lisa Binkley, Motive: "The Suicide Tree"
- Jay Prychidny, Orphan Black: "Certain Agony of the Battlefield"
- Aaron Marshall, Vikings: "Warrior's Fate"
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- Allan Maclean and Miles Davren, Rick Mercer Report: "Episode Three"
- Kendall Nowe, Ron Bates, Todd Foster and Ken Petersen, This Hour Has 22 Minutes: "11"
- Courtney Goldman and Jennifer Essex-Chew, Odd Squad: "Rise of the Hydraclops / O is Not for Old"
- Mike Fly, The Second City Project
| - David New, Songs of Freedom
- Bruce Lapointe, Bipolarized
- Stefan Morel,
- Étienne Gagnon,
- Nick Hector, War Story
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| Editing in a factual program or series | Editing in a reality or competition program or series |
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| - Seth Poulin, Jonathan Dowler, Ben O'Neil, Burak Ozgan and Michael Tersign, The Amazing Race Canada: "Who's Feeling Sporty Now"
- Ryan Monteith, Al Manson, Baun Mah and Jonathan Dowler, Big Brother Canada: "Finale"
- Elizabeth Cabral, Chopped Canada: "Fowl Play"
- Miles Davren and Allan Hughes, MasterChef Canada: "Wedding on the Waves"
- Dana Alexander and John Meakin, Masters of Flip: "Prospect"
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| Production design/art direction in a fiction program or series | Production design/art direction in a non-fiction program or series |
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- Jason Clarke, Ian Greig, Robert van de Coolwyk, Brian Glaser and Renee Filipova, The Book of Negroes
- Ian Brock, Kim Zaharko and Andy Loew, Dark Matter: "Episode One"
- Jean Bécotte, Kept Woman
- Ross Dempster, Louise Roper and David Clarke, Motive: "Purgatory"
- Phillip Barker, Robert Hepburn and Brad Milburn, Reign: "Acts of War"
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| Sound in a fiction program or series | Sound in a non-fiction program or series |
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- Derek Mansveldt, David Rose, David McCallum, Martin Gwynn Jones, Joe Mancuso, Steve Hammond, Erik Culp, Frank Morrone, Scott Shepherd and Alexander Rosborough, The Book of Negroes
- Robert Labrosse, Guillaume Boursier, Martin M Messier, Sébastien Bédard, Lori Paquet, Sabin Hudon, Jacques Plante and Jean Camden, 19-2: "School"
- Christopher Guglick, John Laing, Mark Gingras, Herwig Gayer, Orest Sushko and Marilee Yorsten, Orphan Black: "History Yet to Be Written"
- Jane Tattersall, Steve Medeiros, David McCallum, Dale Sheldrake, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Yuri Gorbachow, Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama, Jack Heeren, Daniel Birch and Sandra Fox, Vikings: "To the Gates
| "- Alan deGraaf, Mike Woroniuk, Richard Anobile, Kevin Howard, Nathan Robitaille, J.R. Fountain, John D. Smith, Richard Calistan, Joe Mancuso, Steve Hammond, Erik Culp, Zenon Waschuk and Rob Hegedus, X Company: "Pilot - Camp X"
| - Peter Sawade, David Rose, L. Stu Young, Lou Solakofski, Martin Gwynn Jones, Krystin Hunter and Jane Tattersall, Songs of Freedom
- Lance Schibler,
- Tobias Haynes, Lynne Trépanier, Chris Leon and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sol
- Brian Eymer and Steve Payne, Survivorman Bigfoot: "Klemtu"
- Chris McIntosh, Brayden McCluskey and Aaron Tchir, Highway Thru Hell: "New Hell Old Hell"
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- Antonio Montano, Michael Nunan, Andrew Roberts, Kent Ford and Mark Vreeken, 2015 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony
- Michael Juk, Gary Morgan and John Diemer, John Mann Here and Now
- Mark Gingras, Adam Stein, John Laing, Dermain Finlayson, Keith Elliot and Rudy Michael, Pirate's Passage
- Steve Moore, Lucas Roveda, John Laing, Mark Dejczak, Marilee Yorston, David Mercel and Leon Johnson, Sunnyside: "Top Hat"
- Sean Pearson, Simon Berry, Michael Mancuso and Julia Snell, Trucktown: "Trucktown Rodeo"
| - Dennis Berardi, Dominic Remane, Michael Borrett, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Wishart, Jeremy Dineen, Engin Arslan, Ken MacKenzie, Bill Halliday, Leann Harvey, Maria Gordon and Julian Parry, Vikings: "To the Gates
| "- Stephen Lebed, Winston Lee, JP Giamos, Mike Duffy, Charles Taylor, Geoff Sayer, Jeff Skochko and Rob Vandenhoek, Beauty and the Beast: "Bob & Carol & Vincent & Cat"
- Tyler Foell, Kris Wood, Robert DM Smith, Winrik Haentjens, Gavin Jung, Brent Boulet, Iqbal Zafar, Yoga Kurniawan, Harshal Mistry, Arian Van Zyl, Cary Smith, Bethany Johnson and Michelle Brennen, Haven: "See No Evil"
- Edward J. Taylor IV, Krista Allain, Chris Ross, Ben Mossman, Kyle Sim, Jason Gougeon, Somboun Souannhaphanh, Ran Long Wen, Yuhay-Ray Ng and Igor Avdyushin, Killjoys: "A Glitch in the System"
- Geoff D.E. Scott, Sarah Wormsbecher, Lon Molnar, Eric Doiron, Nathan Larouche, Anthony DeChellis, Joel Chambers, Jason Snea, Kaiser Thomas and Jawahar Bhatti, Orphan Black: "History Yet to Be Written"
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- Robin D. Cook, Andrea Kenyon, Randi Wells and Marissa Richmond, 19-2: "School"
- Jenny Lewis and Sara Kay, Bitten: "Hell's Teeth"
- Tina Gerussi and Sheila Lane, Mr. D: "Coach of the Year"
- Maureen Webb and Colleen Bolton, Motive: "Six Months Later"
- Jackie Lind, Strange Empire: "The Whiskey Trader"
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| Documentary or factual series | Documentary program |
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| Dramatic program or mini–series | Dramatic series |
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| Lifestyle program or mini–series | Live sporting event |
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- Jamie Whitney, PAW Patrol: "Pups Save a Talent Show/Pups Save the Corn Roast"
- Richard Johnson and Andrew Duncan, Endangered Species: "Nutty Buddy Goes Nuts/The Fable"
- Dave Brown, Numb Chucks: "Hooves Line Is It Anyways?"
- J. Falconer, Rocket Monkeys: "Destroy All Bananas
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- Alex Levine, Orphan Black: "Scarred by Many Past Frustrations"
- Jesse McKeown, 19-2: "Orphans"
- Nikolijne Troubetzkoy and Bruce M. Smith, 19-2: "Borders"
- Graeme Manson, Orphan Black: "The Weight of This Combination"
- Denis McGrath, X Company: "Quislings"
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| - Rick Mercer, Rick Currie, Greg Eckler, Chris Finn, Tim Steeves and George Westerholm, Rick Mercer Report: "Episode Eleven"
- Mark Critch, Mike Allison, Bob Kerr, Jon Blair, Heidi Brander, Sonya Bell, Pat Dussault, Dean Jenkinson, Mary Walsh, Adam Christie and Jeremy Woodcock, This Hour Has 22 Minutes: "16"
- Dan Redican, Gary Pearson, Kathleen Phillips, Alastair Forbes and Jan Caruana, Sunnyside: "Top Hat"
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