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16th Canadian Comedy Awards

{{Short description|Awards ceremony for works of 2014}}

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| most_wins = Television: This Hour Has 22 Minutes (4)
Film: Dirty Singles (2)
Internet: Space Riders: Division Earth (4)
Person: K. Trevor Wilson (2)

| most_nominations = Television: This Hour Has 22 Minutes (6)
Film: Corner Gas: The Movie (9)
Internet: Space Riders: Division Earth (7)
Person: K. Trevor Wilson (3)

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The 16th Canadian Comedy Awards, presented by the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), honoured the best live, television, film, and Internet comedy of 2014. The awards were presented in Toronto, Ontario, on 13 September 2015. Canadian Comedy Awards, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 29 categories.

The film Corner Gas: The Movie led with nine nominations, followed by web series Space Riders: Division Earth with seven and This Hour Has 22 Minutes with six. Space Riders: Division Earth and This Hour Has 22 Minutes each won four Beavers.

Ceremony

After spending two years in Ottawa, Ontario, the Canadian Comedy Awards (CCA) returned to Toronto for the 16th awards. The awards were presented at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon of the Toronto Reference Library on 13 September 2015.

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on 30 June 2015 and public voting was open through July to 15 August. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Canadian Comedy Person of the Year

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Feature Film

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a Feature

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing in a Feature

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Male Performance in a Feature

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Female Performance in a Feature

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Audio Show or Series

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Comedy Special or Short

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  • {{blue ribbon}} Job Interview
  • A Mile in these Hooves
  • Beep Beep
  • Erik The Pillager
  • Retro Video Arcade – Hot Sister

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Taped Live Performance

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Breakout Artist

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  • {{blue ribbon}} K. Trevor Wilson – Sexcop Firepenis{{Cite web|url=https://southsidestory.ca/2018/03/lol-comedy-festival-announces-k-trevor-wilson-live/|title=LOL Comedy Festival Announces K Trevor Wilson Live|publisher=SouthSideStory.ca|accessdate=June 7, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607160723/https://southsidestory.ca/2018/03/lol-comedy-festival-announces-k-trevor-wilson-live/|url-status=live}}
  • Darrin Rose – The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  • Rob Pue – Winnipeg Comedy Festival
  • Ron James – The Big Picture
  • Steve Patterson – This is Not Debatable

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Male Stand-up

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Female Stand-up

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Male Improviser

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Female Improviser

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Sketch Troupe

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Improv Troupe

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  • {{blue ribbon}} Get Some
  • Peter N Chris
  • The Second City
  • Tony Ho
  • Uncalled For

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best One Person Show

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series

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  • {{blue ribbon}} The Second City: Sixteen Scandals
  • A Twisted Christmas Carol
  • Golden Ages: The Fully Improvised Musical
  • Mump and Smoot in ANYTHING
  • The Pageant
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Variety Act
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  • {{blue ribbon}} Mump and Smoot
  • Bob Cates
  • Marty Topps
  • Mixed Company
  • Shirley Gnome

    • =Television=

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Male Performance in a TV Series

    ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Female Performance in a TV Series

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a TV Series or Special

    ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing in a TV Series or Special

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Show
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  • {{blue ribbon}} This Hour Has 22 Minutes XXII
  • Meet the Family
  • Ryan Long is Challenged
  • Tiny Plastic Men season 2
  • Too Much Information

    • =Internet=

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Male Performance in a Web Series

    ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Female Performance in a Web Series

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Direction in a Web Series

    ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing in a Web Series

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Web Series
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  • {{blue ribbon}} Space Riders: Division Earth
  • Bill & Sons Towing
  • Sex and the Single Parent
  • The Amazing Gayl Pile
  • The Urbane Explorer

    • =Special Awards=

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    style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Phil Hartman Award
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    Multiple wins

    The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple awards

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    scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Awards

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Person or work

    rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 4

    | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

    Space Riders: Division Earth
    rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2

    | Dirty Singles

    K. Trevor Wilson

    Multiple nominations

    The following people, shows, films, etc. received multiple nominations

    class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
    scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Awards

    ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Person or work

    style="text-align:center" | 9

    | Corner Gas: The Movie

    style="text-align:center" | 7

    | Space Riders: Division Earth

    style="text-align:center" | 6

    | This Hour Has 22 Minutes

    style="text-align:center" | 5

    | Bill & Sons Towing

    rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 4

    | Meet the Family

    Mr. D
    rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 3

    | K. Trevor Wilson

    Ron Sparks
    Space Janitors
    rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | 2

    | Big News from Grand Rock

    Brent Butt
    Cathy Jones
    Convos with My 2 Year Old
    Dirty Singles
    Evany Rosen
    Gerry Dee
    How to Be Deadly
    Mark Little
    Peter Benson / What An Idiot
    Sex and the Single Parent
    Tiny Plastic Men
    WolfCop

    References

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    {{cite web

    |url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2015

    |title=Nominations & Awards Archives

    |work=

    |publisher=Canadian Comedy Awards

    |location=

    |author=

    |date=2015

    |access-date=21 October 2017

    |url-status=live

    |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180802164152/https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2015

    |archive-date=2 August 2018

    }}

    {{cite web

    |last=Sumi

    |first=Glen

    |url=https://nowtoronto.com/stage/comedy/canadian-comedy-awards-nominees/

    |title=2015 Canadian Comedy Awards nominees

    |work=Now Magazine

    |publisher=Now Communications Inc.

    |location=Toronto

    |date=30 June 2015

    |access-date=30 June 2018

    |url-status=live

    |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704123635/https://nowtoronto.com/stage/comedy/canadian-comedy-awards-nominees/

    |archive-date=4 July 2019

    }}

    {{cite news

    |author=

    |title=Shot-in-Midland movie nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards

    |work=The Midland-Penetanguishene Mirror

    |location=Midland, Ontario

    |publisher=Metroland Media Group

    |date=3 July 2015

    |page=1

    |id={{ProQuest|1693321041}}

    }}

    {{cite news

    |author=

    |title=Rapper persona earns Mississauga native Canadian Screen Award nomination

    |work=Mississauga News

    |location=Mississauga, Ontario

    |publisher=Metroland Media Group

    |date=9 March 2016

    |page=1

    |id={{ProQuest|1772051117}}

    }}

    }}

    External links

    • [https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/ Canadian Comedy Awards official website]

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