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|EXHIBIT 32                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|George W. Hamlin, IV, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Lawrence A. Heilbronner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, of Canandaigua National Corporation (the Company), each certify in his capacity as an officer of the Company that he has reviewed the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the Report), and that to the best of his knowledge:
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|(1)                                                                                                                                                                               | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and                  
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|(2)                                                                                                                                                                               | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
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|The purpose of this statement is solely to comply with Title 18, Chapter 63, Section 1350 of the United States Code, as amended by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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February 22, 2012


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|/s/ George W. Hamlin, IV             |  | /s/ Lawrence A. Heilbronner                         
|George W. Hamlin, IV                 |  | Lawrence A. Heilbronner                             
|Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer