Go to main content

CBC/Radio-Canada Celebrates 42 Wins at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards

ALLEGIANCE wins three awards including Best Lead Performer, Drama Series for Supinder Wraich and Best Supporting Performer, Drama for Enrico Colantoni

CBC News wins seven awards, including Best News Anchor, National for Chief Correspondent and Host of THE NATIONAL, Adrienne Arsenault 

CBC/Radio-Canada original series BONES OF CROWS recognized with two awards including Best Direction, Drama Series for Marie Clements 

THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES sweeps its categories with five wins including Best Sketch Comedy Series as well as receiving the Sustainable Production Award 

Andrew Phung wins Best Performer, Comedy Series for the final season of RUN THE BURBS 

CBC’s flagship investigative program THE FIFTH ESTATE recognized with three awards including Best News or Information Series

THE PASSIONATE EYE’s YINTAH wins two awards including Best Feature Length Documentary 

CBC/Radio-Canada and its creative talent and production partners were recognized with 42 Canadian Screen Awards from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television over three days at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards, following 268 nominations announced earlier this year. CBC original drama series ALLEGIANCE (Lark Productions) received three awards including recognition for its stars Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni in the Best Performer and Best Supporting Performer, Drama categories, respectively, while CBC original series THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES (IoM Media) once again swept its categories with five wins including Best Sketch Comedy Series as well as receiving the Sustainable Production Award. Andrew Phung won Best Performer, Comedy Series for RUN THE BURBS’ (Pier 21 Films Ltd.) final season, and CBC/Radio-Canada original series, in association with APTN, BONES OF CROWS (Marie Clements Media Inc., Screen Siren Pictures Inc., Grana Productions Inc) received two awards, including Best Direction, Drama Series for Marie Clements. 

Awards were presented from Friday, May 30 through Sunday, June 1, 2025, culminating with THE 2025 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS, hosted by Canadian actress and creator Lisa Gilroy live from the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto and broadcast live on CBC and CBC Gem. THE 2025 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS is Canada’s biggest night in entertainment, with legendary icons and rising stars coming together to honour the very best in homegrown film and television.

The full list of CBC/Radio-Canada’s wins can be found here

Highlights include:

  • CBC’s original scripted programming was recognized with 16 awards. THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES swept its four nominated categories, including Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series, as well as winning the Sustainable Production Award. ALLEGIANCE won three awards including Best Lead Performer, Drama Series for Supinder Wraich and Best Supporting Performer, Drama for Enrico Colantoni, while CBC/Radio-Canada original series BONES OF CROWS won two awards including Best Direction, Drama Series. Andrew Phung won Best Lead Performer, Comedy for the final season of RUN THE BURBS. Last year’s Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award winner, SON OF A CRITCH, won Best Guest Performance, Comedy for Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, while MURDOCH MYSTERIES won Best Costume Design and MAE MARTIN: THE GALA won Best Comedy Special. CBC Kids title DINO RANCH once again won Best Writing, Preschool, and CBC Gem original series NEAR OR FAR was recognized with Best Direction, Web Program or Series. 
  • CBC News won seven awards overall. THE NATIONAL once again won Best News Anchor, National for Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, and THE FIFTH ESTATE was recognized with three awards including Best News or Information Series and the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program. CBC OTTAWA AT 6 won Best News or Information Segment, and CBC Indigenous won Best Local Reporter for Jackie McKay. Andrew Chang won Best Host, Web Program or Series for ABOUT THAT WITH ANDREW CHANG.
  • CBC Films titles THE SHROUDS and PAYING FOR IT each won two awards, including Adapted Screenplay for PAYING FOR IT. Cate Blanchett won Performance in a Leading Role, Comedy, for her role in RUMOURS, while VILLAGE KEEPER won the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award. CBC acquisition MAYBE ELEPHANTS won Best Animated Short. 
  • CBC’s factual and arts programs received three awards. THE 2024 JUNO AWARDS won Best Live Entertainment Special and Best Host, Live Entertainment Special for Nelly Furtado, while CBC Arts’ HERE & QUEER was recognized for the second consecutive year with Best Web Program or Series, Non-Fiction. 
  • Documentary programming won seven awards: THE PASSIONATE EYE’s YINTAH received two awards including Best Documentary Feature Film, while PAID IN FULL: THE BATTLE FOR BLACK MUSIC won Best History Documentary Program or Series and IT’S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE: VICE TO PROUD BOYS won Best Documentary Program. FOR THE CULTURE WITH AMANDA PARRIS, THE KNOWING and docuseries SWAN SONG each won a single award. 
  • CBC Sports coverage of the PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES won two awards including Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer for Mark Lee. 

For more information about CBC programming on all platforms, visit cbc.ca/mediacentre

-30-

 

About CBC/Radio-Canada:

CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster. Through our mandate to inform, enlighten and entertain, we play a central role in strengthening Canadian culture. As Canada’s trusted news source, we offer a uniquely Canadian perspective on news, current affairs and world affairs. Our distinctively homegrown entertainment programming draws audiences from across the country. Deeply rooted in communities, CBC/Radio-Canada offers diverse content in English, French and eight Indigenous languages: Dëne Sųłıné, Dene Kǝdǝ́, Dene Zhatıé, Eastern Cree, Dinjii Zhuʼ Ginjik, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłı̨chǫ. We also deliver content in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Punjabi and Tagalog, as well as both official languages, through Radio Canada International (RCI). We are leading the transformation to meet the needs of Canadians in a digital world.

For media inquiries, please contact: 

Tanya Koivusalo, CBC PR

tanya.koivusalo@cbc.ca


 

Discover

3 days ago

2025 CBC Poetry Prize Finalists Announced

CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, have announced the finalists for the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize.
September 25th at 13:09

Laura MacGregor of Waterloo, Ont. wins the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize

CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, today announced Laura MacGregor of Waterloo, Ont. as the winner of the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize.  
September 18th at 12:27

2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize Finalists Announced

CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, have announced the finalists for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize.
July 8th at 17:52

Polaris Music Prize and CBC's Signature "The Ten" Radio Series Returns for Short List Summer 2025

The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC will reveal the 2025 Polaris Music Album Short List on July 10 on CBC Music and CBC Listen, followed by the return of the signature Short List Summer programming.
June 2nd at 1:17

2025 Canadian Screen Awards: CBC/Radio-Canada Wins by Program

CBC NEWS (7) THE FIFTH ESTATE (3) Best News or Information Series Best Photography, News or InformationSurviving the Circle Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary ProgramContract to Kill THE NATIONAL (1)  Best News Anchor, NationalAdrienne Arsenault, The National CBC LOCAL (1)  Best News or Information SegmentCBC Ottawa at 6 - Priority Purple: Overdose in Progress CBC INDIGENOUS (1)  Best Local ReporterJacki...