2026 Canadian Screen Awards TV Nominees Announced

The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards are happening on May 31st. 

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The TV nominees for the Comedy and Drama categories have been announced. All of the shows this year are truly Canadian-made shows, and the nominees represent that across all of the categories. The TV Nominees are:

Comedy Categories

Best Comedy Series: 

• Children Ruin Everything (CTV)
• Late Bloomer (Crave)
• North Of North (CBC/CBC Gem)
• Son Of A Critch (CBC/CBC Gem)
• The Trades (Crave)

Best Direction, Comedy: 

• Sasha Leigh Henry (Children Ruin Everything- CTV) 
• Zoe Hopkins (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Anya Adams (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Fab Filippo (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Warren P. Sonoda (The Trades- Crave)

Best Writing, Comedy:

• Andrew De Aneglis (Children Ruin Everything- CTV) 
• Stacey Aglok MacDonald & Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Meredith MacNeill & Jennifer Whalen (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Jennifer Goodhue (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Amanda Joy (Son Of A Critich- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Photography, Comedy: 

• Gayle Ye (Late Bloomer- Crave)
• Jackson Parson (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Elad Winkler (The Office Movers- Crave)
• Ann Tipper (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Jason Tan (Son Of A Critch- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Picture Editing, Comedy:

• Baun Mah (Late Bloomer- Crave) 
• Sam Thomson (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Branden Bratuhin (The Office Movers- Crave) 
• Pauline Decroix (Son Of A Critch- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Thorben Bieger (The Trades- Crave)

Best Original Music, Comedy: 

• Nikhil Seetharam (Children Ruin Everything- CTV)
• Brian Chan & Caleb Chan (North Of North-CBC/CBC Gem)
• Thomas Westin, Benjamin Pinkerton & Ian LeFeuvre (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Jonathan Goldsmith (The Trades- Crave)

Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy:

• Anna Lambe, Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Zorga Qaunaq & Jay Ryan (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Jermaine Richards, Trevaunn Richards, Heather Gallant, Lucas Lopez, Hassan Phills, Michael Charles, Solomon Kehinde, Danny Martinello & Zachariah Hamed (The Office Movers- Crave) 
• Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Leslie Adlam, Jeanne Beker, Tricia Black, Paul Braunstein, Georgie Murphy, Alexander Nunez, Gord Rand & Kevin Whalen (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Robb Wells, Anastasia Phillips, Jennifer Spence, Jennifer Irwin, Daniel Petronijevic, Raoul Bhaneja, Enrico Colantoni, Jesse Camacho, Brandon Oakes, Susan Kent, Jason Daley, Patrick McKenna, Dave Lawrence, Aaron Poole & Jordan Poole (The Trades- Crave)

Best Lead Performance, Comedy:

• Meaghan Rath (Children Ruin Everything- CTV)
• Jasmeet Raina (Late Bloomer- Crave)
• Mary Walsh (The Missus Downstairs- Bell Fibe TV1)
• Anna Lambe (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Jermaine Richards (The Office Movers- Crave)
• Meredith MacNeill (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Jennifer Whalen (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Anastasia Phillips (The Trades- Crave)

Best Supporting Performance, Comedy: 

• Mikayla SwamiNathan (Children Ruin Everything- CTV)
• Braeden Clarke (North Of North- CBC/ CBC Gem)
• Maika Harper (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Lucas Lopez (The Office Movers- Crave) 
• Tricia Black (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Alexander Nunez (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll (Son Of A Critch- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Raoul Bhaneja (The Trades- Crave)

Best Guest Performance, Comedy:

• Patrick McKenna (1 Man’s Treasure- Bell Fibe TV1) 
• Siddharth Sharma (Late Bloomer- Crave) 
• Sugith Varughese (Late Bloomer- Crave)
• Dan Jeannotte (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Tanya Tagaq (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Rick Mercer (Son Of A Critch- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Susan Kent (Son Of A Critich- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Tom Green (The Trades- Crave)

Drama Categories

Best Drama Series:

• Heated Rivalry (Crave) 
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (Citytv/Citytv+)
• Plan B (CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Saint-Pierre (CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Wild Cards (CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Direction, Drama Series:

• Nimisha Mukerji (Allegiance- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Sharon Lewis (Allegiance- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Jacob Tierney (Heated Rivalry- Crave) 
• Winnifred Jong (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Sudz Sutherland (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)

Best Writing, Drama Series: 

• Corey Liu (Family Law- Global)
• Jacob Tierney (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Tassie Cameron (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Ken Cuperus (Mistletoe Murders- W Network)
• Allan Hawco & Robina Lord-Stafford (Saint Pierre- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Photography, Drama Series: 

• Jackson Parrell (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Mark Berlet (Murder In A Small Town- Global)
• Mathieu Laverdière (Plan B- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Michael Marshall (Sight Unseen- CTV)
• Lindsay George(Wild Cards- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Picture Editing, Drama:

• Katie Chipperfield (Allegiance- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Simone Smith (BET- Netflix)
• Véronique Barbe (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Arthur Tarnowsky (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Sandy Pereira (Revival- CTV Sci-Fi Channel)

Best Original Music, Drama: 

• Brian Chan & Caleb Chan (Allegance- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Peter Peter (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Rob Melamed & Ryan McLarnon (Mistletoe Murders- W Network)
• Rob Carli & Lora Binder (Ruby And The Well- Family Channel)
• Spencer Creaghan (SurrealEstate- CTV Sci-Fi Channel)

Best Lead Performance, Drama: 

• Supinder Wraich (Allegiance- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Michelle Morgan (Heartland- CBC/CBC Gem)
• François Arnaud (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Hudson Williams (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Kathleen Munroe (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Carolina Bartczak (Plan B- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Melanie Scrofano (Revival- CTV Sci-Fi Channel)
• Allan Hawco (Saint-Pierre- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Supporting Performance, Drama: 

• Eve Edwards (BET- Netflix)
• Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Sophie Nélisse (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Yanna McIntosh (Hell Motel- Hollywood Suite)
• Wendy Crewson (Irish Blood- Acorn TV)
• Karen Robinson (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Kataem O’Connor (Murdoch Mysteries- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Amy Goodmurphy (Wild Cards- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Guest Performance, Drama:

• Anusree Roy (Allegiance- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Nadine Bhabha (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Eric McCormack (Hell Motel- Hollywood Suite)
• Sarah Podemski (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Ennis Esmer (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Noah Reid (Murder In A Small Town- Global)
• Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves (Saint-Pierre- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Michelle Monteith (Saint-Pierre- CBC/CBC Gem)

General Categories

Best Sound, Fiction:

• Bryan Day, Mike Woroniuk, James Bastable, Will Stephens & Raiza Rodrigues (A Dance In The Snow- W Network) 
• Vincent Riendeau, Martin Messier, Joe Scandella, Natalie Fleurant, Simon Meilleur, Eric Med Lagacé, Peter Lopata & Valéry Dufort-Boucher (Heated Rivalry- Crave) 
• Martin Lee, J.R. Fountain, Brent Pickett, Rob Warchol, Joe Mancuso & Zenon Waschuk (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+) 
• Peter Murphy, John Dykstra, Gabe Knox, Mike Woroniuk, Brent Pickett, Mark Dejczak, Ed Douglas, Virginia Storey & Rob Hegedus (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Stephen Barden, Jill Purdy, Jeremy Fong, Chris Cobain & Chad Hunt (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction: 

• Aidan Leroux (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Bob Sher (Murdoch Mysteries- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Andrew Berry (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Ingrid Jurek, M-A Orenstein & Jenn Luckas (Small Achievable Goals- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Mark Steel & Rosalie Mackintosh (Son Of A Critich- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Costume Design: 

• Charlene Akuamoah (BET- Netflix)
• Hanna Puley (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Joanna Syrokomla (Murdoch Mysteries- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Debra Hanson (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Alison Ruth Hicks (Saint-Pierre- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Achievement In Make-up: 

• Catherine Viot (BET- Netflix)
• Viktor Peters (Canada’s Drag Race- Crave)
• Melanie Quigg, Karly Madill, Alexandra Anger, Monica Pavez & Sava Zeranska (Hell Motel- Hollywood Suite)
• Deb Drennan (Murdoch Mysteries- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Dorota Mitoraj & Mikey Elliott (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Visual Effects: 

• Terry Bradley, Jake Fullerton, Susan Sullivan, Josh Joudrie, James Wallace, Kelly Milton, Jeff Robinson, Pedro Vilas, Ryan Smith & Nial McFadyen (Dino Dex- TVOKids)
• Simon Devault, Philippe Massonnat, Christophe Trepanier & Felix Arsenault (Heated Rivalry- Crave)
• Andrew Szerszen (Mayday- USA Network)
• Kevin Chandoo, Agnes Lim, Andy Chan, Lorne Kwechansky, Michael Key, Ken Nielsen, Andrew Nguyen, Alex Merritt-Gambrill, Zhou Zuo & Aditya Sawant (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Terry Bradley, Daryl Shail, Teodora Ilie, James Wallace, Sean Kobus, Trevor Hunter, Nial McFadyen, Stephen Curran & Ryan Smith (Odd Squad- TVOKids)

Best Achievement In Hair: 

• Renee Chan (BET- Netflix)
• Kirsten Klontz (Canada’s Drag Race- Crave)
• Simone Finch (Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent- Citytv/Citytv+)
• Shirley Bond (Murdoch Mysteries- CBC/CBC Gem)
• Chrystal Lotz & Tasha Cadotte (North Of North- CBC/CBC Gem)

Best Original Music – Original Song: 

• Brian Pickett, James Chapple & Graeme Cornies (Do It Your Way: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood- Family Jr.) 
• Peter Peter (It’s You: Heated Rivalry- Crave) 
• Meiro Stamm, Antonio Naranjo & Phil McCordic (Sneaking And Creeping: Mittens & Pants- CBC/CBC Gem) 
• Jeff Morrow (A Place Like This: Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical- Apple TV+) 
• Steph Copeland, Matthew O’Halloran & Kibra Tesfaye (Angel Shot: Trapped In The Spotlight- Super Channel Fuse)

Regardless of who wins in each of these categories, everyone is deserving of their nominations.