Canadian Film Award
Awards ceremonies
Columns: Ceremony | Date | Host(s) | Venue | Film of the Year
1st Canadian Film Awards | April 27, 1949 | Robert Winters | Little Elgin Theatre , Ottawa, Ontario | The Loon's Necklace | 2nd Canadian Film Awards | April 19, 1950 | Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent | Little Elgin Theatre , Ottawa, Ontario | None awarded | 3rd Canadian Film Awards | April 22, 1951 | Mary Pickford | Odeon Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario | None awarded | 4th Canadian Film Awards | April 27, 1952 | Sidney Earle Smith | Victoria Theatre , Toronto, Ontario | Newfoundland Scene | 5th Canadian Film Awards | April 30, 1953 | Jacques des Baillets (with guest Dorothy Lamour ) | Avenue Theatre , Montreal, Quebec | Tit-Coq | 6th Canadian Film Awards | May 10, 1954 | J. R. White ( Imperial Oil president) | Kent Theatre , Montreal, Quebec | The Seasons | 7th Canadian Film Awards | 1955 | No public ceremony | No public ceremony | The Stratford Adventure | 8th Canadian Film Awards | August 6, 1956 | Maurice Evans | Avon Theatre , Stratford, Ontario | None awarded | 9th Canadian Film Awards | June 15, 1957 | Leonard Brockington | King Edward Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 10th Canadian Film Awards | June 21, 1958 | Davidson Dunton | King Edward Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | City of Gold | 11th Canadian Film Awards | June 5, 1959 | W. J. Sheridan | King Edward Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 12th Canadian Film Awards | June 3, 1960 | Albert Trueman | King Edward Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 13th Canadian Film Awards | May 13, 1961 | Alphonse Ouimet | King Edward Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | Universe | 14th Canadian Film Awards | May 26, 1962 | Andrew Stewart | King Edward Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 15th Canadian Film Awards | May 10, 1963 | Jeanine Beaubien | Queen Elizabeth Hotel , Montreal, Quebec | Lonely Boy | 16th Canadian Film Awards | May 8, 1964 | Wayne and Shuster | Royal York Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | Pour la Suite du Monde | 17th Canadian Film Awards | May 15, 1965 | Max Ferguson | Westbury Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 18th Canadian Film Awards | May 6, 1966 | Rich Little | Queen Elizabeth Hotel , Montreal, Quebec | The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam | 19th Canadian Film Awards | Sep. 23, 1967 | Fred Davis | Inn on the Park , Toronto, Ontario | Warrendale | 20th Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 4, 1968 | Bill Walker , Louise Marleau | Seaway Towers Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | A Place to Stand | 21st Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 4, 1969 | Fred Davis | Royal York Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | 22nd Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 3, 1970 | Bill Walker | Imperial Theatre , Toronto, Ontario | Psychocratie | 23rd Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 1, 1971 | Leslie Nielsen | Royal York Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 24th Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 13, 1972 | Jacques Fauteux | Ontario Place Cinesphere , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 25th Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 12, 1973 | Press conference, no formal ceremony | Chevalier Theatre , Montreal, Quebec | None awarded | No Ceremony in 1974 | No Ceremony in 1974 | No Ceremony in 1974 | No Ceremony in 1974 | No Ceremony in 1974 | 26th Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 12, 1975 | Peter Gzowski | Shaw Festival , Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario | Les Ordres | 27th Canadian Film Awards | Oct. 21, 1976 | Lorne Greene | CFTO-TV Studios , Scarborough, Ontario | None awarded | 28th Canadian Film Awards | Nov. 20, 1977 | Gordon Pinsent | Hilton Harbour Castle Hotel , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | 29th Canadian Film Awards | Sep. 21, 1978 | John Candy , Catherine O'Hara | Ryerson Theatre , Toronto, Ontario | None awarded | s Genie Award from 1980 | s Genie Award from 1980 | s Genie Award from 1980 | s Genie Award from 1980 | s Genie Award from 1980 | Ceremony | Date | Host(s) | Venue | Film of the Year