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, on 17 October 2011.

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, also known as Beavers, were awarded in 24 categories. Winners in 5 categories were chosen by the public through an online poll and others were chosen by members of industry organizations. The awards ceremony was held during the five-day Canadian Comedy Awards Festival which ran from 13 to 17 October. The film '' Peepers'' led with five nominations followed by the films '' Good Neighbours'' and ''Summerhood'' with four each. The CBC show ''

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'', which moved from radio to television, was nominated twice for audio and twice for television. ''Good Neighbours'' and ''Summerhood'' each won two Beavers, as did the TV series ''

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'', and

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won twice for his improvisation work with National Theatre of the World.

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won the Beaver for Canadian Comedy Person of the Year.

Festival and ceremony

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, for a fifth non-consecutive year. The awards ceremony was hosted by Steve Patterson and held on 17 October 2011 at the Isabel Bader Theatre, concluding the Canadian Comedy Awards Festival. The five-day festival, held from 13 to 17 October, featured live comedy performances by nominees at five Toronto venues including

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, Second City, and Comedy Bar.

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hosted a showcase performance of the top stand-up acts at the

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. The festival also included workshops by leading comedy professionals. The CCA's parent organization, the Canadian Comedy Foundation for Excellence (CCFE), had partnered with

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to produce an evening of Canadian comedy as part of the three-day Walk of Fame Festival. Federal grant money went toward producing the event, which in turn had helped support and promote the CCA festival.

Winners and nominees

Nominees submitted to the Canadian Comedy Awards were considered by 170 jury members. The jury reduced the list of submissions to a top-five in each category which was announced on 9 June 2011 at Toronto's Second City theatre. Online voting was held from 15 June to 5 July. Six to seven thousand members of the public viewed brief performance clips on the website and voted for best TV show, best film, best web clip, best radio program or clip, and comedy person of the year. The other categories were voted on by industry members from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (

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), Canadian Actors' Equity Association, the

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, the

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, and the Comedy Association. The jury's choices counted for 30% of the total marks. Gigcity noted that

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was well-represented at this year's CCAs, with three nominations to locally-produced '' Caution: May Contain Nuts'', two nominees each for best male improvisor and for best improv troupe, and a nominee for best radio show. This was credited to the city's strong improv scene. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:

Multimedia

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Television

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Special Awards

Multiple wins

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

Multiple nominations

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

Footnotes

Notes

References

External links

Canadian Comedy Awards official website
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