16th Canadian Comedy Awards

16th Canadian Comedy Awards
16th Canadian Comedy Awards
Date	13 September 2015
Location	Toronto Reference Library; Toronto, Ontario;
Country	Canada
Presented by	Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence
Most awards	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)
Website	www.canadiancomedyawards.org

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.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

Nominees were announced on 30 June 2015^[1] and public voting was open through July to 15 August.^[2] Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:^[3]

Multimedia

Canadian Comedy Person of the Year	Best Feature Film
Samantha Bee Jay Baruchel Scott Thompson Sugar Sammy Will Arnett	How to Be Deadly Big News from Grand Rock Corner Gas: The Movie I Put a Hit on You Pretend We're Kissing
Best Direction in a Feature	Best Writing in a Feature
Mars Horodyski – Ben's at Home David Storey – Corner Gas: The Movie Lowell Dean – WolfCop Nik Sexton – How to Be Deadly Peter Benson – What an Idiot	Peter Benson – What An Idiot Brent Butt, Andrew Carr, Andrew Wreggitt – Corner Gas: The Movie Daniel Perlmutter – Big News from Grand Rock Matt Sadowski – Pretend We're Kissing
Best Male Performance in a Feature	Best Female Performance in a Feature
Ennis Esmer – Dirty Singles Brent Butt – Corner Gas: The Movie Eric Peterson – Corner Gas: The Movie Jonathan Cherry – WolfCop Lorne Cardinal – Corner Gas: The Movie	Lauren Ash – Dirty Singles Gabrielle Miller – Corner Gas: The Movie Meredith MacNeill – Big News from Grand Rock Nancy Robertson – Corner Gas: The Movie Tara Spencer-Nairn – Corner Gas: The Movie
Best Audio Show or Series	Best Comedy Special or Short
The Debaters: William Shatner (Eric Peterson & Sean Cullen) Comic Stripped w/Ben Miner Party of Four The Humble and Fred Show The Irrelevant Show	Job Interview A Mile in these Hooves Beep Beep Erik The Pillager Retro Video Arcade – Hot Sister

Live

Best Taped Live Performance	Best Breakout Artist
K. Trevor Wilson – Sexcop Firepenis^[4] 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	D.J. Demers Aisha Alfa Allana Reoch K. Trevor Wilson Rob Norman
Best Male Stand-up	Best Female Stand-up
K. Trevor Wilson David Pryde Jeff McEnery Rob Pue Ron Sparks	Steph Tolev Julia Hladkowicz Julie Kim Keesha Brownie Zabrina Chevannes
Best Male Improviser	Best Female Improviser
Kris Siddiqi Isaac Kessler Mark Meer Rob Norman Taz VanRassel	Kirsten Rasmussen Ashley Botting Becky Johnson Diana Frances Hayley Kellett Sarah Hillier
Best Sketch Troupe	Best Improv Troupe
Get Some Peter N Chris The Second City Tony Ho Uncalled For	The Sufferettes Bonspiel! Theatre Cast of Die-Nasty K$M The Sunday Service
Best One Person Show	Best Comedic Play, Revue or Series
The Untitled Sam Mullins Project, Sam Mullins^[1] Don't Tell My Dad God Is A Scottish Drag Queen II James Mullinger is Living the Canadian Dream This Is Not Debatable	The Second City: Sixteen Scandals A Twisted Christmas Carol Golden Ages: The Fully Improvised Musical Mump and Smoot in ANYTHING The Pageant
Best Variety Act
Mump and Smoot Bob Cates Marty Topps Mixed Company Shirley Gnome

Television

Best Male Performance in a TV Series	Best Female Performance in a TV Series
Shaun Majumder – This Hour Has 22 Minutes XXII Darrin Rose – Mr. D Gerry Dee – Mr. D Jonathan Torrens – Mr. D Terry Barna – Meet the Family	Leslie Seiler – 24 Hour Rental Cathy Jones – This Hour Has 22 Minutes XXII Ellie Harvie – Some Assembly Required Jill Morrison – Package Deal Susan Kent – This Hour Has 22 Minutes XXII
Best Direction in a TV Series or Special	Best Writing in a TV Series or Special
Vivieno Caldinelli, Michael Lewis – This Hour Has 22 Minutes XXII – episode 4 Cameron Wyllie – The D.J. Demers Show, "Backup Job" Derek Harvie – Meet the Family Henry Sarwer-Foner – Rick Mercer Report, episode 16 Mark O'Brien – Republic of Doyle, "No Rest for the Convicted"	Mark Critch, Mike Allison, Bob Kerr, Jon Blair, Sonya Bell, Tim Polley, Heidi Brander, Adam Christie, Pat Dussault, Cathy Jones, Dean Jenkinson, Ron Sparks, Scott Vrooman, Jeremy Woodcock – This Hour Has 22 Minutes, season 22 episode 4 Chris Craddock – Tiny Plastic Men season 2 Gerry Dee – Mr. D, "Donor Dinner" Matt Doyle, Derek Harvie, Hannah Hogan, Brian Peco and Ron Sparks – Meet the Family Ryan Long, Jarek Hardy, Max Off, Jesse Wilks, Christopher Walton, Jarrett Campbell and Danny Polishchuk – Ryan Long is Challenged
Best TV Show
This Hour Has 22 Minutes XXII Meet the Family Ryan Long is Challenged Tiny Plastic Men season 2 Too Much Information

Internet

Best Male Performance in a Web Series	Best Female Performance in a Web Series
Mark Little – Space Riders: Division Earth Dan Beirne – Space Riders: Division Earth Darrell Faria – The Chai-T Video Mixtape^[5] David Milchard – Convos with My 2 Year Old Sandy Jobin-Bevans – Bill & Sons Towing	Kayla Lorette – Space Riders: Division Earth Amy Matysio – Space Riders: Division Earth Evany Rosen – Space Janitors Jayne Eastwood – Bill & Sons Towing Precious Chong – Sex and the Single Parent
Best Direction in a Web Series	Best Writing in a Web Series
Jordan Canning – Space Riders: Division Earth David Milchard – Convos with My 2 Year Old Geoff Lapaire – Space Janitors John Borbely – Blimey! An Englishman In Atlantic Canada Vivieno Caldinelli – Bill & Sons Towing	Stephanie Gorin, Naomi Snieckus and Ron James – The Casting Room, "Have Some Method in Your Creative Madness" Brendan Halloran, Andy Hull, Geoff Lapaire and Evany Rosen – Space Janitors Dan Beirne and Mark Little – Space Riders: Division Earth Katie Nolan and Lindsay Tapscott – HOT MOM episode 5 Mark De Angelis – Bill & Sons Towing
Best Web Series
Space Riders: Division Earth Bill & Sons Towing Sex and the Single Parent The Amazing Gayl Pile The Urbane Explorer

Special Awards

Phil Hartman Award
Joe Bodolai

Multiple wins

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

Awards	Person or work
4	This Hour Has 22 Minutes
4	Space Riders: Division Earth
2	Dirty Singles
2	K. Trevor Wilson

Multiple nominations

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

Awards	Person or work
9	Corner Gas: The Movie
7	Space Riders: Division Earth
6	This Hour Has 22 Minutes
5	Bill & Sons Towing
4	Meet the Family
4	Mr. D
3	K. Trevor Wilson
	Ron Sparks
	Space Janitors
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

^ ^a ^b ^c Sumi, Glen (30 June 2015). "2015 Canadian Comedy Awards nominees". Now Magazine. Toronto: Now Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Shot-in-Midland movie nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards". The Midland-Penetanguishene Mirror. Midland, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. 3 July 2015. p. 1. ProQuest 1693321041.
^ "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ "LOL Comedy Festival Announces K Trevor Wilson Live". SouthSideStory.ca. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
^ "Rapper persona earns Mississauga native Canadian Screen Award nomination". Mississauga News. Mississauga, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. 9 March 2016. p. 1. ProQuest 1772051117.

External links

Canadian Comedy Awards official website

[Sumi2015n-1] Sumi, Glen (30 June 2015). "2015 Canadian Comedy Awards nominees". Now Magazine. Toronto: Now Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[Rock2015n-2] "Shot-in-Midland movie nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards". The Midland-Penetanguishene Mirror. Midland, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. 3 July 2015. p. 1. ProQuest 1693321041.

[CCA2015-3] "Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2017.

[4] "LOL Comedy Festival Announces K Trevor Wilson Live". SouthSideStory.ca. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

[FariaRapper-5] "Rapper persona earns Mississauga native Canadian Screen Award nomination". Mississauga News. Mississauga, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. 9 March 2016. p. 1. ProQuest 1772051117.

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