Founded in 1999, the Canadian Comedy Awards have a mandate "to recognize, celebrate and promote Canadian achievements in comedy at home and abroad."[1] The awards ceremonies are known for placing "gags over glamour" with quick wit and improvisational skills shown by hosts, presenters and recipients.[2] From 2002 to 2015, the awards ceremony was held as part of the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival, with dozens of comedy events.[3]

No. Date Venue Host city Host(s) Artist of the Year[a] Festival Televised[b] Ref
1st 6 Apr 2000 Masonic Temple Toronto, Ontario Dave Thomas — — CTV
The Comedy Network		 [5]
2nd Apr 2001 The Guvernment Toronto Sheila McCarthy
Patrick McKenna		 — — The Comedy Network
Star![c]		 [3]
3rd 4 Apr 2002 The Docks Toronto Brent Butt — — — [2]
4th Sep 2003 Grand Theatre[citation needed] London, Ontario Royal Canadian Air Farce — —[d] — [3]
5th Oct 2004 — London Scott Thompson — —[d] — [3]
6th 22 Oct 2005 — London Bruce Hunter as
Rocko the Dog		 — 18–22 Oct — [7]
7th 27 Oct 2006 London Music Hall Complex[citation needed] London Debra DiGiovanni — 24–28 Oct Gala review only [8]
8th 12 Oct 2007 London Music Hall Complex[citation needed] London Ryan Belleville — 9–13 Oct Variety specials only [3][9]
9th 5 Oct 2008 Casino Regina[10] Regina, Saskatchewan Alan Park Seth Rogen 1–5 Oct Variety special only [11][3]
10th 2 Oct 2009 Imperial Theatre Saint John, New Brunswick Seán Cullen Seth Rogen 1–4 Oct Variety special only [12][3]
11th 18 Oct 2010 Winter Garden Theatre Toronto Dave Foley Irwin Barker[e] 14–18 Oct — [13][14]
12th 17 Oct 2011 Isabel Bader Theatre Toronto Steve Patterson[15] Samantha Bee 13–17 Oct — [16][17]
13th 26 Aug 2012 Fairmont Royal York Toronto Alan Thicke Nikki Payne 23–26 Aug[18] — [19]
14th 6 Oct 2013 Centrepointe Theatre Ottawa, Ontario Ryan Belleville Colin Mochrie 3–6 Oct — [20]
15th 14 Sep 2014 Ottawa Little Theatre Ottawa Tom Green[21] Dave Foley 10–14 Sep — [22]
16th 13 Sep 2015 Toronto Reference Library Toronto — Samantha Bee — — [23][24]
17th 6 Nov 2016 The Second City Toronto — Mike Ward — — [25]
18th 18 Jun 2018 — Toronto — Mike MacDonald[e] — — [26][27]
19th 4 Jun 2019 The Second City Toronto Ali Hassan Catherine O'Hara — — [28]

Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ Artist of the Year, a.k.a. Canadian Comedy Person of the Year, was first awarded in 2008.
  2. ^ Unless otherwise noted, specified events were taped for broadcast on The Comedy Network. There was also a 10th anniversary special broadcast in 2010.[4]
  3. ^ Star! broadcast the awards pre-show.[6]
  4. ^ a b A 3-day festival was held but the dates are not known.[3]
  5. ^ a b Awarded posthumously

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