Heated Rivalry has set a new Canadian Screen Awards record, with the Crave hockey romance claiming 16 awards – including Best Drama Series – leading both television and overall winners, eclipsing a previous record held by Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry.
This year’s awards recognized excellence across 146 film, television, and digital media categories during six award presentations, culminating in Sunday evening’s awards broadcast. CBC/APTN/Netflix comedy North of North followed Heated Rivalry with nine wins, while Crave reality series Canada’s Drag Race earned eight.
Heated Rivalry also claimed the Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award, with Hudson Williams taking home Best Lead Performer, Drama Series. North of North’s Anna Lambe was named Best Lead Performer, Comedy, in addition to the series winning Best Comedy.
In film, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie was named Best Motion Picture, with Jay McCarrol recognized for Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy.
Among other highlights of the broadcast, Dave Foley presented Mike Myers with the Academy Icon Award, while Hudson Williams honoured his Heated Rivalry co-star Sophie Nélisse with the Radius Award (after claiming Best Supporting Performer, Drama earlier in the weekend). Hockey Night in Canada’s Ron MacLean presented veteran sports reporter Hazel Mae with the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism. Eugene Levy also delivered a touching tribute to the late Catherine O’Hara.
Find the full list of winners below:
Best Lead Performer, Comedy
North of North
CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Anna Lambe
Performance in a Leading Role, Drama
Grace Glowicki – Honey Bunch
Radius Award
Sophie Nélisse
Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy
Jay McCarrol – Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism
Hazel Mae
Best Lead Performer, Drama Series
Heated Rivalry
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Hudson Williams
Best Motion Picture | Meilleur film
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie – Matthew Miller, Matt Greyson
Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award
Heated Rivalry
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Jacob Tierney, Brendan Brady
Best Comedy Series
North of North
CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Miranda de Pencier, Garry Campbell, Anya Adams, Susan Coyne, Teresa M. Ho, Mike Goldbach, Fabrizio Filippo, Patricia Curmi
Academy Icon Award
Mike Myers
Best Drama Series
Heated Rivalry
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Jacob Tierney, Brendan Brady
Scripted Television Awards
Best Lead Performer, TV Movie
Dying in Plain Sight
Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)
(Neshama Entertainment)
Raffa Virago
Best Writing, TV Movie
Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life
Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)
(Neshama Entertainment)
Caitlin English
Best Direction, TV Movie
Dying in Plain Sight
Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)
(Neshama Entertainment)
Michelle Ouellet
Best Picture Editing, Web Program or Series
County Blooms: A Flower Powered Adventure – Grow With the Flow
(JPo & Co Entertainment Inc.)
Jessica Graore
Best Picture Editing, Drama
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Véronique Barbe
Best Picture Editing, Comedy
Late Bloomer – New Canadian
Crave
(Blink49 Studios)
Baun Mah
Best Sound, Fiction
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Vincent Riendeau, Martin M Messier, Joe Scandella, Natalie Fleurant, Simon Meilleur, Eric Med Lagacé, Peter Lopata, Valéry Dufort-Boucher
Best Direction, Web Program or Series
Cows Come Home – The Teeth
(Belleview Creative INC & Katie Chats INC)
Katie Uhlmann
Best Visual Effects
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Simon Devault, Philippe Massonnat, Christophe Trepanier, Felix Arsenault
Best Achievement in Make-Up
Canada’s Drag Race – The Slayoffs: Teams Edition
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Viktor Peters
Best Achievement in Hair
North of North – Carnivores
CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Chrystal Lotz, Tasha Cadotte
Best Costume Design
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Hanna Puley
Best Original Music, Comedy
North of North – Top of the World
CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Caleb Chan, Brian Chan
Best Original Music, Drama
Heated Rivalry – Rookies
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Peter Peter
Best Writing, Web Program or Series
About That with Andrew Chang – Charlie Kirk Shooting: Why Kill Him?
(CBC)
Andrew Chang, Courteney Dorrington
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Aidan Leroux, Alder Dunlap, James McCrindle
Best Writing, Comedy
North of North – Top of the World
CBC/APTN
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Spotlight Award for Best Writing
Wayward – Mirror
Netflix
(Sphere Media and Objective Fiction for Netflix)
Kayla Lorette
Spotlight Award for Best Direction
Ginny & Georgia – Is That a Packed Lunch?
Netflix
(Blue Ice Pictures)
Sharon Lewis
Spotlight Award for Best Series
Wayward
Netflix
(Sphere Media and Objective Fiction for Netflix)
Mae Martin, Jennifer Kawaja, Bruno Dubé, Mohamad El Masri, Andrea Glinski, Anna Beben\
Spotlight Award for Best Performance
The Handmaid’s Tale
Crave
(Hulu, MGM, Take 5 Productions Inc.)
Amanda Brugel
Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series
18 to 35
(1000615249 Ontario Corp.)
Jean Yoon
Best Lead Performance, Web Program or Series
Settle Down
(Border2Border Entertainment)
Alexander Nunez
Best Guest Performance, Drama Series
Heated Rivalry – Hunter
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Nadine Bhabha
Best Guest Performance, Comedy
North of North – Top of the World / Lost and Found
CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Tanya Tagaq
Best Supporting Performer, Drama
Heated Rivalry
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Sophie Nélisse
Creator of the Year
Julie Nolke
(Feeling Peckish Inc.)
Best Photography, Drama
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Jackson Parrell
Best Photography, Comedy
Late Bloomer – Weekend at the Matthias’
Crave
(Blink49 Studios)
Gayle Ye
Best Achievement in Casting, Fiction
Heated Rivalry
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay
Best Original Music – Original Song
Heated Rivalry – Olympians – “It’s You”
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Peter Peter
Best Web Program or Series, Fiction
Cows Come Home
(Belleview Creative INC & Katie Chats INC)
Katie Uhlmann, Lindsey Middleton, Hari Ramesh, David Carruthers, Keri Ferencz
Best Direction, Comedy
North of North – Carnivores
CBC/APTN (CBC/APTN)
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Zoe Hopkins
Best Writing, Drama Series
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Jacob Tierney
Best Direction, Drama Series
Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything
Crave
(Accent Aigu Entertainment)
Jacob Tierney
Best TV Movie
Dying in Plain Sight
Lifetime (Corus Entertainment)
(Neshama Entertainment)
Vanessa Aprile-Welfle, Suzanne Berger, Kyle Cooper, Hannah Pillemer, Jason Wan Lim, Arnie Zipursky, Bonnie Zipursky, Dayna Zipursky
Best Supporting Performer, Comedy
North of North
CBC/APTN
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Maika Harper
Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy
North of North
CBC/APTN
(Northwood Entertainment, Red Marrow Media)
Anna Lambe, Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Zorga Qaunaq, Jay Ryan
Unscripted Television Awards
Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
The Amazing Race Canada – I’m Just Practicing Falling
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Productions)
Ryan Shaw
Best Achievement in Casting, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Heather Muir
Best Direction, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Shelagh O’Brien
Best Writing, Factual
Still Standing – Prince Rupert, B.C.
CBC
(Frantic Films)
Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden, Aisha Brown
Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Jake Benaim
Best Writing, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Alison Duke
Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Blue Rodeo: Lost Together
documentary Channel (CBC)
(Cream Productions)
David W. Brady, Kate Harrison Karman, Paul Johnson, Susan de Cartier, Corey Russell, Francine DiBacco, Dale Heslip
Best History Documentary Program or Series
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Netflix
(Attraction Images)
Marie-Christine Pouliot, Richard Speer, Stéphanie Thibault
Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
CBC
(Lilith Movie Canada)
Stefanie McCarrol, Tammy Egan, Judy Ruzylo
Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Fight of the Century
CBC
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 32, 22M Hour Productions (ON) 32)
Jocelyn Corkum, Darrell Faria
Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy
This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Oval Office Showdown
CBC
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 32, 22M Hour Productions (ON) 32)
Jordan Foisy, Mark Critch, Mike Allison, Jeremy Woodcock, Nigel Grinstead, Aba Amuquandoh, Chris Wilson, Stacey McGunnigle, Ashley Botting, Dan Dillabough, Allana Reoch, Ajahnis Charley, Alan Shane Lewis, Clare Belford, Kyle Hickey, Peter Anthony, Isabella Campbell, Bita Joudaki
Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race – Grand Finale
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Lindsay Ragone
Best Picture Editing, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Eugene Weis, CCE
Best Photography, Documentary or Factual
Exclusion: Beyond the Silence
TELUS Optik TV
(Ballinran Entertainment)
Iris Ng
Best Direction, Documentary Program
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Alison Duke
Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Who Killed the Montreal Expos?
Netflix
(Attraction Images)
Sophie Charest, Nancy Audet
Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Dane Kelly, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, Alastair Sims
Best Sound, Documentary or Factual
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Michelle Irving, Jordan Guy, Elma Bello, Derek Brin
Best Original Music, Documentary
Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story
Crave
(OYA Media Group)
Orin Isaacs
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Dark Side of the Cage – The Disappearance of Ronda Rousey
Crave
(Vice Studios Canada)
Nikhil Seetharam
Best Picture Editing, Factual
50,000 First Dates: A True Story – Head Over Heels
Amazon Prime Video Canada
(Peacock Alley Entertainment)
Ryan Monteith, Ben O’Neil, Chelsea Bennett
Best Direction, Factual
The Assembly – Howie Mandel
CBC
(Small Army Entertainment, Assembly Productions Inc.)
Heather Hawthorn Doyle
Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction
Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Andrew Kinsella, Tara Smith
Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
The Fifth Estate: The Shadow War on Libraries
CBC
Allya Davidson, Emmanuel Marchand, Rachel Ward, Grant LaFleche
Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
The Birdman of Cooper Island
TVO
(Primitive Entertainment Inc.)
Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon
Best Direction, Documentary Series
Stuff the British Stole – Operation Legacy
CBC
(Cream Productions)
Stephanie Weimar
Best Documentary Program
The Loneliest Race
documentary Channel (CBC)
(Fathom Film Group)
Hannah Donegan, Ann Shin, Erica Leendertse
Best Host, Web Program or Series
County Blooms: A Flower Powered Adventure
(JPo & Co Entertainment Inc.)
Jen Pogue
Best Live Entertainment Special
The 2025 JUNO Awards
CBC
(Insight Productions Ltd.)
Michael Bublé, Lindsay Cox, Allan Reid, John Brunton, Tracy Galvin, Del Cowie, Leah Gauthier, Anthony Matkovic, Jennifer Paterson, Kristine Pleau, Jordan Rudder, Erica McMaster, Mike Langevin, Luciano Casimiri, Kristeen Von Hagen, Kim Wheeler
Best Host or Presenter, Factual or Reality/Competition
Canada’s Drag Race
Crave
(Blue Ant Studios, Blue Ant CDR 5 Inc.)
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski, Traci Melchor
Best Comedy Special
People of Comedy
Crave
(Counterfeit Pictures)
Dan Bennett, Shane Corkery, Anton Leo, Kenny Robinson, Zoe Rabnett, Darrell Faria, Catherine McCartney, Ryan Goldhar
Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information
The Social – 2024 National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Special
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media Studios)
Gillian E. Parker
Best Factual Series
Dark Side of the Ring
Crave
(Vice Studios Canada)
Howard Shefman, Guillermo Garcia, Jason Eisener
Best Talk Series
Power & Politics with David Cochrane
CBC News Network
Best Host, Lifestyle
Drag Brunch Saved My Life
Crave
(Sphere Media Toronto Inc.)
Priyanka
Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction
County Blooms: A Flower Powered Adventure
(JPo & Co Entertainment Inc.)
Jen Pogue, Avi Federgreen, Michelle Jedrzejewski, Navin Ramaswaran, Chris Cull, Jessica Graore
Best Sketch Comedy Show & Ensemble Performance
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
CBC
(22M Hour Productions (NS) 32, 22M Hour Productions (ON) 32)
Mike Allison, Michael Donovan, Meaghan Clark, Carl Gosine, Tracey Jardine, Dana Landry, Mark Critch, Trent McClellan, Aba Amuquandoh, Stacey McGunnigle, Chris Wilson
Best Reality/Competition Program or Series
The Traitors Canada
CTV/Crave (Bell Media)
(Entourage)
Eric Young, Nathalie Brigitte Bustos, Denis Savard, Jacob Tierney, Justin Stockman, Mathieu Ouellet, David Gauthier
Best Lifestyle Program or Series
Drag Brunch Saved My Life
Crave
(Sphere Media Toronto)
Mark “Priyanka” Suknanan, Daniel Birnbaum, Justin Stockman, Bruno Dubé, Marlo Miazga, Kim Bondi, Corinna Lehr
