10th Canadian Screen Awards


The 10th 'Canadian Screen Awards' were presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 4–10 April 2022 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2021. The presentations were held as a series of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with awards in top categories presented via a CBC Television special on 10 April 2022 hosted by comedy troupe TallBoyz.
Nominations were announced on 15 February. In film, the top nominees were Scarborough and Night Raiders, with 11 nods apiece, while in television the series Sort Of was the leader with 13 nominations. Scarborough and Transplant were tied for most-awarded film and television series, with both receiving 8 awards.

Ceremony information

For the third consecutive year, the in-person awards gala was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike the previous two ceremonies, the Canadian Screen Awards would return to CBC Television, airing an hour-long special on 10 April 2022 to present the awards in top categories. The special was hosted by the sketch comedy troupe TallBoyz.
The awards in non-televised genre and technical categories were presented via a series of virtual Canadian Screen Week presentations, beginning with broadcast news, documentary, and factual awards on 4 April, sports and digital on 5 April; children's, animation, lifestyle and reality on 6 April, television craft and performance on 7 April, and cinematic arts on 8 April.
Category presenters included Catherine O'Hara, Tatiana Maslany, Sidney Crosby, Ron MacLean, Jonathan and Drew Scott, Arisa Cox, Andrew Phung and Priyanka. Actor Simu Liu also appeared in sketches with TallBoyz. The advance Canadian Screen Week presentations were hosted by Brandon Gonez, Sangita Patel, Jennifer Hedger, Supinder Wraich, Deepa Prashad, Mary Berg, Akiel Julien, Ennis Esmer and Laurence Leboeuf.

Special awards

Recipients of the academy's special awards were announced on January 18.

Television

Programs

Actors

News and information

Sports

Craft awards

Directing

Music

Writing

All-platform awards

One major category is currently presented without regard to the distinction between film, television or web media content.
Stunt Coordination

  • John Stead, Pretty Hard Cases: "Jellybeans"
  • Bill Ferguson, Dangerous
  • Angelica Lisk-Hann, The Retreat
  • George Tchortov, See for Me

Audience awards

Nominees for the fan-voted Audience Choice award were announced on February 1. Although normally individual actors or personalities are nominated in the category, in 2022 the academy chose to honour shows.
The audience choice award was actually won by a show that had not been officially listed as one of the ten nominees; the process for this category does permit "write-in" campaigns.
Audience ChoiceShaw Rocket Fund Kids' Choice

  • Wynonna Earp
  • Big Brother Canada
  • Canada's Drag Race
  • Hudson & Rex
  • Island of Bryan
  • Jann
  • Pretty Hard Cases
  • Querencia
  • Sort Of
  • TallBoyz
  • Transplant
  • Miss Persona
  • Alien TV
  • Anaana's Tent
  • The Bravest Knight
  • Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood
  • Dino Ranch
  • Odd Squad Mobile Unit
  • The Parker Andersons/''Amelia Parker
  • PAW Patrol
  • The Snoopy Show''
  • Digital media

    Reception

    Reviewing the film nominations, Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail characterized them as "the perfect slate", on the grounds that they had struck an excellent balance between the traditional tensions around whether an award nomination slate should celebrate films that are already relatively well-known or highlight underrated work that merits further attention.