# Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

The Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series is a Canadian Screen Award that honours performances in English language children's television produced in Canada.
At the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, the award was split up for the first time into separate categories for lead and supporting performances.

## Winners and nominees

Winners in bold.

### 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Series |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Graham Greene | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "Mr. Crabby Tree" |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Michelle Beaudoin | Madison: "The Fire Fighter" |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Jackie Burroughs | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "High Flying Dragon" |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Ernie Coombs | Mr. Dressup's 25th Anniversary |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Alyson Court | The Big Comfy Couch: "Funny Faces" |
| 1993 8th Gemini Awards | Fred Penner | Fred Penner's Place: "Swinging" |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Laura Bertram | Ready or Not: "Am I Perverted or What?" |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Shawn Ashmore | Guitarman |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Denny Doherty | Theodore Tugboat: "George Ghost" |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Tina Keeper | For Angela |
| 1994 9th Gemini Awards | Enuka Okuma | Madison: "The Girl Most Likely" |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Ernie Coombs | Mr. Dressup: "It Goes On Top" |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | John Acorn | Acorn, the Nature Nut: "The Fast and Furious World of Tiger Beetles" |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Laura Bertram | Ready or Not: "Crater Face" |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Daniel DeSanto | Eric's World: "Horace in Love" |
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | Jan Rubeš | Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Callum Keith Rennie | My Life as a Dog: "The Puck Stops Here" |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Ben Foster | Flash Forward: "House Party" |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Shari Lewis | Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | Kathryn Long | Goosebumps: "The Haunted Mask" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Laura Bertram | Ready or Not: "Graduation" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Ben Foster | Flash Forward: "Presents" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Meredith Henderson | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes: "The Case of the Second Sight" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Jewel Staite | Flash Forward: "Curtain Call" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Jonathan Torrens | Jonovision: "What Happened to You?" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Sarah Polley | Straight Up: "Mortifying" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Kevin Brauch | Stuff: "Triathlon" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Merwin Mondesir | Straight Up: "Façade" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Michael Moriarty | The Inventors' Specials: "Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Jonathan Torrens | Jonovision: "Obnoxious Couples" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Chris Wiggins | The Rink |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Meredith Henderson | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes: "The Case of the Crooked Comic" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Brent Carver | Whiskers |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Corey Sevier | Lassie: "Full Circle" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Jonathan Torrens | Jonovision: "Jonopalooza" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Maurice Dean Wint | The Sweetest Gift |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Matt Frewer | Mentors: "A Transient, Shining Trouble" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Andrew Bush, Nikki Barnett, Kim D'Eon, Duane Hall, Michael Scholar Jr. | Street Cents: "Music" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Elliot Page | Pit Pony: "Homecoming" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Thomas Jay Ryan | The Artists' Specials: "Degas and the Dancer" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Patty Sullivan | Let's Get Real: "Life at School" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Brendan Fletcher | Caitlin's Way: "The Easy Way" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Lindsay Felton | Caitlin's Way: "The Present, Part 1" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Vanessa King | Edgemont: "This Song's for You" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Tyler Kyte | Popular Mechanics For Kids: "In Deep Water" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Lee Thompson Young | The Famous Jett Jackson: "On the Reel" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Gordon Greene | The Famous Jett Jackson: "Heroes" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Gary Farmer | Screech Owls: "Sacred Ground" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Jonathan Malen | Screech Owls: "Face Off" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Screech Owls |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Mark Rendall | Tales from the Neverending Story |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Jake Epstein | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Tears Are Not Enough" |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Kristin Kreuk | Edgemont: "The Cold Light of Dawn" |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Stephen Ouimette | Mentors: "Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On" |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Alison Pill | The Dinosaur Hunter |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Dominic Zamprogna | Edgemont: "The Cold Light of Dawn" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Elliot Page | Mrs. Ashboro's Cat |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Tom Barnett | Mrs. Ashboro's Cat |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Lauren Collins | renegadepress.com: "Skin Deep" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Jake Epstein | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Should I Stay or Should I Go" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Ali Mukaddam | Radio Free Roscoe: "The Awful Truth" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Ksenia Solo | renegadepress.com: "Can You See Me Now" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Daniel Cook | This Is Daniel Cook: "This is Daniel Cook Doing Magic" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Alexz Johnson | Instant Star: "Won't Get Fooled Again" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Laurence Leboeuf | 15/Love: "Ghost of a Chance" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Tatiana Maslany | renegadepress.com: "Giving Yourself Away" |
| 2005 20th Gemini Awards | Tasha Pelletier | renegadepress.com: "Union" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Ksenia Solo | renegadepress.com: "Fear" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Paula Brancati | Dark Oracle: "Life Interrupted" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Ishan Davé | renegadepress.com: "This Is Your Brain on Love" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Meaghan Rath | 15/Love: "Comfort Zone" |
| 2006 21st Gemini Awards | Michael Seater | Life with Derek: "Grade-Point: Average" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Shenae Grimes | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Eyes Without a Face Part 2" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Magda Apanowicz | renegadepress.com: "Blackout" aka "Getting it Right" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Ishan Davé | renegadepress.com: "Sullengirl16" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Alexz Johnson | Instant Star: "I Fought the Law" |
| 2007 22nd Gemini Awards | Bronson Pelletier | renegadepress.com: "The Third Wheel" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Alexz Johnson | Instant Star: "Let it Be" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Magda Apanowicz | renegadepress.com: "Life Today" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Lauren Collins | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Talking in Your Sleep" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Shane Kippel | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Death or Glory Part 2" |
| 2008 23rd Gemini Awards | Ashley Leggat | Life with Derek: "Allergy Season" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Michael Seater | Life with Derek: "Happy New School Year" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Paula Brancati | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Fight the Power" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Ali Eisner | Kids' Canada: "Favourite Foods" |
| 2009 24th Gemini Awards | Stacey Farber | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Paradise City - Part 3" |

### 2010s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Charlotte Arnold | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Somebody" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Landon Liboiron | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "Waiting For a Girl Like You" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Kayla Lorette | That's So Weird!: "Leaky Roof" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Melinda Shankar | How to Be Indie: "How to Beat Father Time" |
| 2010 25th Gemini Awards | Jamie Watson | Peep and the Big Wide World: "Magic Duck Dancing / Chirp Chirp, Tweet, Tweet, Chirp" |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Jordan Todosey | Degrassi: The Next Generation: "My Body Is a Cage, Part 2" |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Munro Chambers | The Latest Buzz: "The Extreme Shakespeare Issue" |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Ali Eisner | Kids' Canada: "Wowie Woah Woah" |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Ashley Leggat | Vacation with Derek |
| 2011 26th Gemini Awards | Kate Trotter | Vacation with Derek |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Melinda Shankar | How to Be Indie: "How to Be the Hero" |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Charlotte Arnold | Degrassi: "Rock Your Body, Part 2" |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Dylan Everett | Degrassi: "Rusty Cage, Part 2" |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Jahmil French | Degrassi: "Smash Into You" |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Aislinn Paul | Degrassi: "Waterfalls, Part 2" |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Dylan Everett | Degrassi: "Bitter Sweet Symphony, Part 1" |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Munro Chambers | Degrassi: "Ray of Light, Part 2" |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Dylan Everett | Wingin it: "Forget About it" |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Brendan Meyer | Mr. Young: "Mr. Time" |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Michael Murphy | Life with Boys: "Young and Stupid with Boys" |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Aislinn Paul | Degrassi: "My Own Worst Enemy" |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Richard Harmon | If I Had Wings |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Christian Potenza | Total Drama All-Stars: "Heroes Vs. Villains" |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Brittany Raymond | The Next Step: "What'll I Do" |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Charlie Storwick | Some Assembly Required: "Realm of Raiders" |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Aislinn Paul | Degrassi: "Give Me One Reason" |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Dalila Bela | Odd Squad: "Training Day" |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Madison Ferguson | The Stanley Dynamic: "Stanley Sick Day" |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Ana Golja | Full Out |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Jordan Lockhart | Hi Opie!: "Not Ms. Doney" |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Brittany Raymond | The Next Step |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Addison Holley | Annedroids |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Sean Michael Kyer | Odd Squad |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Jordan Lockhart | Hi Opie! |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Jeni Ross | Lost & Found Music Studios |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Ella Ballentine | L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Amanda Arcuri | Degrassi: Next Class |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Anna Cathcart | Odd Squad |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Akiel Julien | The Next Step |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Michela Luci | Dino Dana |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Anna Cathcart | Odd Squad |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Saara Chaudry | Dino Dana |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Millie Davis | Odd Squad |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Isaac Kragten | Odd Squad |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Michela Luci | Dino Dana |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Saara Chaudry | Dino Dana |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Saara Chaudry | Holly Hobbie |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Hunter Dillon | Holly Hobbie |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Kate Moyer | Holly Hobbie |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Tomaso Sanelli | Creeped Out |

### 2020s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Saara Chaudry | Dino Dana |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Lilly Bartlam | Detention Adventure |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Ruby Jay | Holly Hobbie |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Simone Miller | Detention Adventure |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Tomaso Sanelli | Detention Adventure |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Saara Chaudry | Lockdown |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Kamaia Fairburn | Endlings |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Valentina Herrera | Odd Squad Mobile Unit |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Alyssa Hidalgo | Odd Squad Mobile Unit |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Michela Luci | Endlings |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Saara Chaudry | Holly Hobbie |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Lilly Bartlam | Detention Adventure |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Melanie Doane | Ukulele U |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Jack Fulton | Detention Adventure |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Alyssa Hidalgo | Odd Squad Mobile Unit |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Simone Miller | Detention Adventure |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Alina Prijono | Detention Adventure |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Tomaso Sanelli | Detention Adventure |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards |
| Leading Performance |||
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Khalilah Brooks | Aunty B's House |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Mia Bella | Popularity Papers |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Kaileen Chang | I Woke Up a Vampire |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Glee Dango | Popularity Papers |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Zoe Wiesenthal | Ruby and the Well |
| Supporting Performance |||
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Millie Davis | Popularity Papers |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Paula Boudreau | Ruby and the Well |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Nendia Lewars | Aunty B's House |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Claire Poon | Aunty B's House |

## Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series
### 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Series |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Graham Greene | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "Dudley and the Tiny Raincloud" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | Taborah Johnson, Bob Dermer | Guess What?: "Frogs & Toads" |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | John Pattison | Groundling Marsh: "Bah Hegdish" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Rick Mercer | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "The Last Dudley" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Daniel Kash | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "The Boy Who Cried Witch" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Shari Lewis | The Charlie Horse Music Pizza: "My Dog Has Fleas" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Sheila McCarthy | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "The Pumpkin King" |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | Mary Walsh | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon: "Mr. Crabby Tree Falls in Love" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Jayne Eastwood | Noddy: "The Trouble with Truman" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Sean McCann | Noddy: "The Trouble with Truman" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Robert Mills | Ruffus the Dog: "Around the World in 80 Days" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | James Rankin | Scoop and Doozie: "Take the Cake" |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | Bob Stutt | Sesame Park: "Episode 43" |

### 2000s

| Year | Actor | Series |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Sheila McCarthy | Sesame Park: "Little Miss Muffet" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Jayne Eastwood | Noddy: "Be Patient" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Pier Kohl | Sesame Park: "Little Miss Muffet" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Sean McCann | Noddy: "Slugger" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | Robert Mills | Ruffus the Dog: "Troll Under the Bridge" |
| 2000 15th Gemini Awards | James Rankin | Scoop and Doozie: "Pie in the Sky" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Eric Peterson | Sesame Park: "Old King Cole" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Gisèle Corinthios | The Nook Counting Network: "9 Trucks" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Pier Kohl | Sesame Park: "Louis At the Big Hill" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | Natasha LaForce | Polkaroo's Awesome ABCs: "The Not-So-Quiet Letter Q" |
| 2001 16th Gemini Awards | James Rankin | Scoop and Doozie: "Mad As a Dozer" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | James Rankin | Scoop and Doozie: "Boo Who?" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Gisèle Corinthios | The Nook Counting Network: "Jelly Donuts" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Alyson Court, Michael Clarke | Get Set For Life |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Chris Knight | Scoop and Doozie |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Gillie Robic, John Eccleston, Rebecca Nagan, Wim Booth, Don Austen, Julie Westwood, Brian Herring | The Hoobs: "Rings" |
| 2002 17th Gemini Awards | Charles Schott | Polka Dot Shorts |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Pier Kohl, Timothy Gosley, Jani Lauzon, Julie Burroughs, André Meunier, France Chevrette, Hugolin Chevrette Landesque | Wumpa's World: "Seal Got Your Tongue" |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Sayaka Karasugi, Elizabeth Olds, Jorden Morris, Keir Knight, Rick Jones, Jennifer Welsman | The Toy Castle: "Snowflakes/Ballerina Big Top/Little Rag Doll" |
| 2003 18th Gemini Awards | Gillie Robic, Rebecca Nagan, Wim Booth, Don Austen, Julie Westwood, Brian Herring, Mark Jeffries | The Hoobs: "Beautiful" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Jason Hopley, Jamie Shannon | Nanalan': "Free" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Alyson Court | The Big Comfy Couch: "Clowning in the Rain" |
| 2004 19th Gemini Awards | Gillie Robic, Rebecca Nagan, Wim Booth, Don Austen, Julie Westwood, Mark Jeffris, John Eccleston | The Hoobs: "Opera Singer" |