EXHIBIT 31.1



CEO CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



I, Andy J. Mah, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd.;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the issuer and have:
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| | a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;
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| | b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. | The issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the issuer’s board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date:  March 27, 2014 | /s/ Andy J. Mah                      
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|                      | Andy J. Mah                          
|                      | President and Chief Executive Officer