Winners in acting categories at the Canadian Screen Awards or their predecessor Canadian Film Awards, Genie Awards, ACTRA Awards (pre-1986 only) or Gemini Awards. Actors should be filed in an appropriate subcategory if one is available, and should be filed here only if the award category they won does not have its own dedicated subcategory.

Actors should also not be filed here if they have won for other activities, such as for writing, directing, producing or non-fiction hosting, but not for their acting itself.