The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Film is an annual award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television as part of the Canadian Screen Awards program, to honour the best leading performance in a comedy film.
After the academy announced in August 2022 that it was discontinuing its former gendered awards for Best Actor and Best Actress,[1] they presented only a single award for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.[2] The organization subsequently decided to increase the number of acting awards again, with the new awards separated by genre of film instead of performer gender; beginning with the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, distinct awards will now be presented for Best Lead Performance in a Comedy Film and Best Lead Performance in a Drama Film.[3]
| Year | Actor | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | |||
| Jay Baruchel | BlackBerry | [4] | |
| Félix-Antoine Bénard | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | [5] | |
| Alexandra Billings | Queen Tut | ||
| Susan Kent | Who's Yer Father? | ||
| Magalie Lépine-Blondeau | The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) | ||
| Cody Lightning | Hey, Viktor! | ||
| Chris Locke | Who's Yer Father? | ||
| Sara Montpetit | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) |