Canadian Screen Awards for Children’s & Youth Programming

Presented by Shaw Rocket Fund

(May 26) – Watch the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Virtual Presentations for Children’s & Youth Programming on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and academy.ca starting at 7:00 PM ET. Join the conversation by using our official awards hashtag #CdnScreenAwards on your favourite social platform. Want to see a full list of 2020 Canadian Screen Award nominees? You can now view the 2020 Program Book virtually on the Academy website. All winners will be highlighted in gold on this page.



Best Performance, Children’s or Youth

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Creeped Out
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(DHX Media)
Tomaso Sanelli

Dino Dana
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Saara Chaudry

Holly Hobbie
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Hunter Dillon

Holly Hobbie
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Kate Moyer

Holly Hobbie
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Saara Chaudry


Best Performance, Animation

Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe
Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
(Nelvana Limited)
Paul Braunstein

Corner Gas Animated
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Brent Butt

Corner Gas Animated
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Eric Peterson

Cupcake & Dino: General Services
Teletoon (Corus Entertainment)
(Entertainment One)
Mark Little

Esme and Roy
Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
(Nelvana Limited)
Patrick McKenna


Best Direction, Children’s or Youth

Creeped Out – The Unfortunate Five
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(DHX Media)
Bruce McDonald

Dino Dana – Dino Zone
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
J.J. Johnson

Holly Hobbie – The Birthday Basher
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Stefan Brogren

Holly Hobbie – The Freckled Fugitive
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Megan Follows

It’s My Party! – Winter Solstice
TVOKids (TVO)
(Bristow Global Media Inc.)
Gloria Kim, Sharon Lewis


Best Direction, Animation

Abby Hatcher – When Abby Met Bozzly
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Hatching Productions Inc.)
Kyran Kelly

Corner Gas Animated – Bush League
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Stephen Evans, Mateusz Garbulinski

PAW Patrol – Mighty Pups Super Paws: When Super Kitties Attack
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Charles E. Bastien

True and the Rainbow Kingdom – Happy Hearts Day
CBC (CBC)
(Guru Studio)
Harold Harris

Wild Kratts – The Real Ant Farm
TVOKids (TVO)
(9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company Limited)
Chris Kratt, Chris Roy, Louis Champagne


Best Writing, Children’s or Youth

Backstage – Not For Sale
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Backstage Productions (Season II) Inc.)
Kate Hewlett

Bajillionaires – Good Whale Hunting
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(WildBrain)
Vivian Lin

Dino Dana – Dino Prints
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
Christin Simms, Amish Patel, J.J. Johnson

Holly Hobbie – The Mad Muralist
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Sarah Glinski

Holly Hobbie – The Rabble Rouser
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Cole Bastedo


Best Writing, Animation

Corner Gas Animated – Doctors Without Boarders
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Kate Hewlett

Corner Gas Animated – Hedge Your Debts
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Diana Frances

Go Away Unicorn! – Claus Out, Unicorn!
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Sonar Entertainment)
Alex Ganetakos

Go Away Unicorn! – You Rule, Unicorn!
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Sonar Entertainment)
Evan Thaler Hickey

Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series – The Three Mustardteers
Netflix (Netflix)
(TPBA1 Productions Inc.)
Mike Smith, JP Tremblay, Robb Wells, Norm Hiscock, Michael Rowe


Best Sound, Animation

Let’s Go Luna! – Amazing Man
TVOKids (TVO)
(9 Story Media Group)
Mike Mancuso, Joe Tetreau, Ryan Eligh, Matt McKenzie, Dante Winkler

PAW Patrol – Mighty Pups Super Paws: When Super Kitties Attack
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Richard Spence-Thomas, Kyle Peters, Patton Rodrigues, Ryan Ongaro, Tim Muirhead, Mitch Connors, Luke Dante

Supernoobs – Noob And Improved
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(DHX Media)
Mike Mancuso, Joe Tetreau, Ryan Eligh, Paul Talbott, Dante Winkler, Eric Mattar-Hurlbut

Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series – The Three Mustardteers
Netflix (Netflix)
(TPBA1 Productions Inc.)
Brian Power, Jeremy Van Slyke, Matt Dawson, Bob Melanson, Zander Rosborough, Andrew Rillie

Wild Kratts – The Real Ant Farm
TVOKids (TVO)
(9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company Limited)
Richard Spence-Thomas


Best Original Music, Animation

Abby Hatcher – Peepertime Blues
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Hatching Productions Inc.)
Ryan Carlson, Brendan Quinn

The Daniel Tiger Movie: Won’t You Be Our Neighbour?
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(9 Story Media Group, Fred Rogers Productions)
Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, David Kelly

Let’s Go Luna! – Bob the Plant
TVOKids (TVO)
(9 Story Media Group)
Amin Bhatia, Chris Tait, Ari Posner, Kris Kuzdak

PAW Patrol – Mighty Pups Super Paws: When Super Kitties Attack
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, David Kelly

Rusty Rivets – Secret Agent Rusty / Moon Walkin’ Rusty
Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
(Spin Master Riveting Productions 2 Inc.)
Asher Lenz, Stephen Skratt


Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

It’s My Party!
TVOKids (TVO)
(Bristow Global Media Inc.)
Julie Bristow, Marlo Miazga, Daniel Bourré

Just Like Mom and Dad
Yes TV (Crossroads Christian Communications)
(marblemedia)
Mark J.W. Bishop, Matt Hornburg, Steve Sloan, Stephen J. Turnbull, Andra Johnson Duke, Jim Bell, Lorna Dueck, Ajeeth Parkal, Adam Ivers, Mike Cosentino, Randy Lennox

Raven’s Quest
TVOKids (TVO)
(Apartment 11 Productions)
Jonathan Finkelstein, Joan Takefman, Mindy Laxer

Super Mighty Makers
TVOKids (TVO)
(marblemedia)
Mark J.W. Bishop, Matt Hornburg, Jamie Piekarz, Marney Malabar, Stephen J. Turnbull, Ajeeth Parkal


Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series

Backstage
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Backstage Productions (Season II) Inc.)
Lara Azzopardi, Brian Irving, Jennifer Pertsch, Tom McGillis, George Elliott

Big Top Academy
TVOKids (TVO)
(Apartment 11 Productions)
Jonathan Finkelstein, Leila Basen, Carina Schulze, Matt Schiller, Danny Rossner

Creeped Out
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(DHX Media)
Anne Loi, Robert Butler, Bede Blake, Josh Scherba, Spencer Campbell, Angela Boudreault, Rebecca Davies

Holly Hobbie
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(Aircraft Pictures, Cloudco Entertainment, Wexworks Media)
Sarah Glinski, Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen, Matthew Wexler, Ryan Wiesbrock, Sean Gorman, Karen Vermeulen


Best Animated Program or Series

Corner Gas Animated
The Comedy Network (Bell Media)
(Moving Mountoons II Inc.)
Brent Butt, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Leslie Thomas, Jonas Diamond

Cupcake & Dino: General Services
Teletoon (Corus Entertainment)
(Entertainment One)
Olivier Dumont, Randi Yaffa, Pedro Eboli, Luciana Eguti, Paulo Muppet, Mark Satterthwaite, Tristan Homer

Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood
Family Channel (DHX Media)
(9 Story Media Group, Fred Rogers Productions)
Vince Commisso, Kevin Morrison, Angela C. Santomero, Tanya Green, Julie Soebekti, Sarah Wallendjack

Total Dramarama
Teletoon (Corus Entertainment)
(Fresh TV Inc., Elliott Animation)
Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, George Elliott, Brian Irving, Wren Errington, Sonia Santarelli, Terry McGurrin, Alice Prodanou

Wild Kratts
TVOKids (TVO)
(9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company Limited)
Vince Commisso, Martin Kratt, Chris Kratt, Blake Tohana, Nora Keely, Cheryl Knapp


Best Pre-School Program or Series

Abby Hatcher
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Hatching Productions Inc.)
Rob Hoegee, Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Laura Clunie, Jamie Whitney, Frank Falcone, Mary Bredin, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Tracey Dodokin, Cynthia Taylor

Dino Dana
TVOKids (TVO)
(Sinking Ship Entertainment)
J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Christin Simms, Matthew J.R. Bishop

PAW Patrol
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Paw Productions 6 Inc.)
Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Laura Clunie, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Matt Beatty, David Sharples, Damian Temporale, Sarah Williams

Rusty Rivets
Treehouse TV (Corus Entertainment)
(Spin Master Riveting Productions 2 Inc.)
Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Laura Clunie, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Jaelyn Galbraith, Jane Sobol

True and the Rainbow Kingdom
CBC (CBC)
(Guru Studio)
Frank Falcone, Mary Bredin, Jeremy Larner, Bill Schultz, Mimi Valdés, Pharrell Williams, Dominique Bazay