The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on Global.

Best Dramatic Series

• The Eleventh Hour - Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Daphne Park, Peter R. Simpson
• Da Vinci’s Inquest - Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Arvi Liimatainen, Laura Lightbown
• Degrassi: The Next Generation - Bell Media, Epitome Pictures. Producers: Stephen Stohn, Linda Schuyler, Aaron Martin
• This Is Wonderland - Muse Entertainment, Indian Grove Productions. Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas, Dani Romain, George F. Walker
• Godiva's - Keatley Entertainment, CHUM. Producers: Julia Keatley, Gigi Boyd, Michael MacLennan
• ReGenesis - The Movie Network, Movie Central, Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Tom Chehak, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Shane Kinnear, Virginia Rankin

Best Dramatic Mini-Series

• Sex Traffic - Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, Michele Buck, David MacLeod, Derek Wax
• H₂O - Whizbang Films. Producers: Paul Gross, Frank Siracusa
• Lives of the Saints - Capri Films, PowerCorp, RTI. Producers: Gabriella Martinelli, Giovanna Arata

Best TV Movie

• Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery - Galafilm. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Francine Allaire, Anne Marie La Traverse
• Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying - Shaftesbury Films. Producers: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Laura Harbin, Virginia Rankin, Kim Todd
• Burn: The Robert Wraight Story - Alberta Filmworks, CTV Television Network, Monkeywrench Productions, Tapestry Pictures. Producers: Heather Haldane, Randy Bradshaw, Doug MacLeod, Mary Young Leckie
• The Last Casino - Astral Films. Producers: Greg Dummett, Madeline Henrie
• The Life - CTV Television Network, Haddock Entertainment, Odd Man Out Productions, Sarrazin Couture Entertainment. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laura Lightbown, Lynn Barr, Arvi Liimatainen, Pierre Sarrazin

Best Comedy Program or Series

• Corner Gas - CTV Television Network, Prairie Pants Productions. Producers: Brent Butt, Mark Farrell, David Storey, Virginia Thompson, Paul Mather
• History Bites - The History Channel. Producers: Rick Green, David C. Smith
• Puppets Who Kill - Eggplant Picture & Sound. Producers: John Pattison, Marianne Culbert, John Leitch, Shawn Thompson
• The Newsroom - 100% Film and Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Showcase, Telefilm Canada. Producers: Ken Finkleman, Jan Peter Meyboom
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Alliance Atlantis, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Donovan, Geoff D’Eon, Mark Farrell, Jack Kellum, Susan MacDonald, Jenipher Ritchie

Best Music, Variety Program or Series

• 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards - MuchMusic). Producers: John Kampilis, Dave Russell
• 2004 Canadian Country Music Awards - Canadian Country Music Association, CBC Television. Producers: Michael Watt, Aidan Cosgrove, Anne Hunter
• Live at the Rehearsal Hall - Bravo!. Producers: Robert Benson, John Gunn
• The Chieftains in Canada - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Lewis, Geoff D’Eon
• Canadian Idol - Insight Productions, 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Sue Brophey, Martha Kehoe, Mark Lysakowski

Best Performing Arts Program or Series, or Arts Documentary Program or Series

• Camp Hollywood - Hirsh Markle Films. Producers: Steve Markle, David Julian Hirsh
• Alter Egos - Copperheart Entertainment, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Adam Symansky
• Opening Night - The Four Seasons Mosaic - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Robin Neinstein, Robert Cohen, Shari Cohen
• Drawing Out The Demons: A Film about the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs - Screen Siren Pictures. Producers: Trish Dolman, Stephanie Symns
• Jean-Pierre Perreault: Giant Steps - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Lisa Cochrane, Yves Bisaillon

Best Talk Series

• Health on the Line - HOTL Productions. Producers: Linda Boyle, Lesley Birchard, Bonnie Hewitt, Terra Renton, Karen Yarosky, Jennifer Fraser, Hedy Korbee
• Mansbridge One on One - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Whitten, Jasmin Tuffaha
• Hot Type - CBC Newsworld. Producers: Alice Hopton, Janet Thomson, Donna Lee Aprile
• Medical Hotseat - Medical Hotseat Productions. Producers: Hedy Korbee, Helen Bagshaw, Linda Boyle, Jeanette Diehl, Greg Dennis, Jennifer Fraser
• Vicki Gabereau - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Cynthia Ott, Jordan Schwartz, Mark Fuller

Best Reality Program or Series

• Venture - The Town Doctor - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Tracie Tighe
• Buy Me - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein, Jean-Francois Monette
• Made to Order - Mercer Street Films. Producers: Michael Rubino, Henry Less

Best General/Human Interest Series

• >play presents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Donna Lee Aprile
• SexTV - CHUM Television, Corus Entertainment. Producers: Cynthia Loyst, Brad Brough, Marcia Martin
• Body of Knowledge - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Charles Bishop, Mary Lynk
• Heartbeats - Breakthrough Entertainment. Producers: Ira Levy, Kirsten Scollie, Barri Cohen, Peter Williamson, Ron Singer
• Past Life Investigation - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Sarah Kapoor, Catherine May, Tracie Tighe

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

• Runaway Grooms - Asli Films. Producer: Ali Kazimi
• Rage Against the Darkness: Bunny and Leona - J.S. Kastner Productions. Producers: Deborah Parks, John Kastner
• El Contrato - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Karen King
• No Place Called Home - National Film Board of Canada. Producer: Peter Starr
• One More River: The Deal That Split the Cree - Rezolution Pictures. Producers: Catherine Bainbridge, Ernest Webb
• The Take - Barna-Alper Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada, Klein Lewis Productions. Producers: Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis, Laszlo Barna, Silva Basmajian

Best Documentary Series

• Witness - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Marie Natanson, Hilary Armstrong
• Legendary Sin Cities: Paris, Berlin and Shanghai - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Demi-Monde Productions. Producers: Ted Remerowski, Marrin Canell
• The Nature of Things - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Michael Allder
• The Passionate Eye - Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Producers: Catherine Olsen, Charlotte Odele, Diane Rotteau
• Rough Cuts - CBC Newsworld. Producer: Andrew Johnson

Best History Documentary Program

• Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii - Primitive Entertainment. Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin
• Turning Points of History - D-Day on Juno Beach - Barna-Alper Productions, Connections Productions. Producers: Laszlo Barna, Alan Mendelsohn
• Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option - Partners in Motion. Producers: Nova Herman, Ron Goetz
• To Build a Nation: Vimy Carved in Stone - Nation Building Productions. Producers: Janice Tufford, Laszlo Barna
• Zero Hour - Massacre at Columbine High - Cineflix. Producers: Andre Barro, Simon Berthon, David Hickman, Dan Korn

Best Biography Documentary Program

• Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin' - Real to Reel Productions. Producer: Anne Pick
• Life and Times - Lord Black of Crossharbour: The Life and Times of Conrad Black - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Halya Kuchmij, Douglas Arrowsmith, Linda Laughlin, Marie Natanson
• Life and Times - Madiba: The Life & Times of Nelson Mandela - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer: Robin Benger
• Life and Times - The Biographer's Voice: The Life and Times of Peter C. Newman - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Gordon Henderson, Mike Sheerin
• The Greatest Canadian - The Great Tommy Douglas - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Guy O'Sullivan, Rachel Houlihan
• The True Intrepid: Sir William Stephenson, Declassified - MidCanada Entertainment, Global Television Network. Producer: Kevin Dunn

Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program

• The Origins of AIDS - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Galafilm, Channel Four Television Corporation, Frame 2, Les Films de la Passerelle, Multimédia France Productions, Produce+, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Pathé Archives. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Michel Crepon, Christine Le Goff, Christine Pereaux
• The Nature of Things - Sex Lies and Secrecy: Dissecting Hysterectomy - CBC. Producers: Carol Moore-Ede, Michael Allder
• The Nature of Things - Clot Busters - CBC. Producers: David Tucker, Michael Allder
• A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede. Producers: Lance Mueller, Jean Merriman
• Diet of Souls - Triad Film Productions. Producer: Peter d'Entremont

Best News Information Series

• W5 - CTV Television Network. Producers: Malcolm Fox, Anton Koschany
• the fifth estate - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: David Studer, Sally Reardon
• Venture - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Patsy Pehleman, Dianne Buckner
• Marketplace - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Tassie Notar, Leslie Peck, Sheilagh D’Arcy McGee
• Eurohealth - Global Television Network. Producers: David Ingram, Brian Coxford

Best News Magazine Segment

• The National/CBC News - Strange Destiny - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Brian Kelly, Carmen Merrifield, Gary Akenhead, Andy Hincenbergs, Brian Stewart
• The National/CBC News - Ray of Light - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Michael Taylor-Noonan, Terry Milewski, Sat Nandlall, Cedric Monteiro
• The National/CBC News - Healing Hikkaduwa - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ian Kalushner, Adrienne Arsenault, Glen Kugelstadt, Michael Taylor-Noonan
• CBC News: Sunday Night - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Greg Kelly, Tania White, Eric Foss
• Studio 2 - (TVOntario). Producers: Elizabeth Payne, Ken Hillier, Paul Colbourne, Horst Mueller, Leora Eisen

Best Newscast

• CTV National News - CTV Television Network. Producers: Wendy Freeman, Tom Haberstroh, David Hughes
• The National/CBC News - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Whitten, Mark Harrison, Fred Parker, Lynn Kelly, Bob Waller
• Global National - Global National with Kevin Newman - Global News. Producers: George Browne, Doriana Temolo, Kevin Newman, Elaine McKay, Erin Lawrence

Best News Special Event Coverage

• CBC News: RCMP Memorial - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker
• The National/CBC News - Road to Recovery - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Jonathan Whitten, Fred Parker
• CBC News: Canada Votes - Election Night - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker
• CBC News: Canada Votes - The 60th Anniversary Of D-Day - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Mark Bulgutch, Fred Parker
• CTV News - Death of a Pope - CTV Television Network. Producers: Kathleen O'Keefe, Tom Haberstroh, Brian LeBold, Joanne MacDonald

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series

• Debbie Travis' Facelift - Whalley-Abbey Media. Producers: Debbie Travis, Hans Rosenstein
• Chef At Large - Ocean Entertainment. Producers: Johanna Eliot, Gretha Rose
• Design Inc. - Producers: Sarah Richardson, Michael Prini
• Holmes on Homes - General Purpose Entertainment. Producer: Scott Clark McNeil
• The Surreal Gourmet - Salad Daze Productions. Producers: Lon J. Hall, Dale Burshtein, Beth Fanjoy

Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment

• Canada Now - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Conway Fraser, Ray Bourrier, Catherine McIsaac, David Donnelly, Lani Selick, Allison Crawford, Ron Sloan, Terry Stapleton, Barbara Brunzell, Neil Clarkson, Dale Foster
• Daily Planet - Discovery Channel. Producers: Kevin Mills, Mark Miller
• SexTV - Pink or Blue: The Science of Sex Selection - CHUM Television/Corus Entertainment. Producer: Cynthia Loyst
• ZeD - Pumpkin Boats - CBC. Producers: Ted McInnes, Alison Bruce, Scott MacEachern

Best Animated Program or Series

• Dragon Booster - ApolloScreen Filmproduktion, Nerd Corps Entertainment, The Story Hat, Alliance Atlantis. Producers: Asaph Fipke, Ken Faier, Kevin Mowrer
• Atomic Betty - Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Entertainment, Tele Images Productions, Marathon Media. Producers: Steven Hecht, Virginia Jallot, Ira Levy, Nghia Nguyen, Kirsten Scollie, Peter Williamson, Kevin Gillis, Rob Davies, Philippe Alessandri, Trevor Bentley, Simone Harari
• Being Ian - Studio B Productions, Nelvana. Producers: Chris Bartleman, Kathy Antonsen Rocchio, Blair Peters
• Jacob Two-Two - Nelvana, Salter Street Films. Producers: Scott Dyer, Peter Moss, Patricia R. Burns, Jocelyn Hamilton, Doug Murphy
• Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids - Nelvana, Callaway Arts & Entertainment. Producers: Scott Dyer, Nicholas Callaway, Patricia R. Burns, David Kirk, Paul W. Robertson, Nadine van der Velde, Jocelyn Hamilton, Doug Murphy, Andy Russell

Best Pre-School Program or Series

• Peep and the Big Wide World - WGBH-TV, 9 Story Media Group, TVOntario, Eggbox, Discovery Kids, National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Kate Taylor, Vince Commisso, Marisa Wolsky
• Poko - Poko II - Halifax Film Company. Producers: Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop, Jeff Rosen, Katrina Walsh, Cheryl Wagner
• Franny's Feet - Decode Entertainment, Family Channel, Channel 5. Producers: Steve Denure, Elana Adair, Neil Court, John Mariella, Beth Stevenson
• This is Daniel Cook - TVOntario, Treehouse TV, Marblemedia, Sinking Ship Entertainment. Producers: Matthew Bishop, Matthew Hornburg, J. J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Mark J.W. Bishop
• The Secret World of Benjamin Bear - Amberwood Entertainment, Philippine Animation Studio, Bell Fund. Producers: Sheldon S. Wiseman, Ken Anderson, Cherylyn Brooks, Mark Edwards

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series

• Radio Free Roscoe - Decode Entertainment. Producers: Steve Denure, Neil Court, Brent Piaskoski, John Delmage, Doug McRobb, Will McRobb, Beth Stevenson
• 15/Love - Marathon Media. Producers: Jesse Fawcett, Derek Schreyer, Arnie Gelbart, Olivier Brémond, Karen Troubetzkoy, Pascal Breton, Leanna Crouch
• Fries with That? - YTV. Producers: Claudio Luca, Rosanne Cohen, Paul Risacher
• Fungus the Bogeyman - BBC, Galafilm, Indie Kids, Powercorp. Producers: Ian Whitehead, Dan Maddicott, Arnie Gelbart, Michael Haggiag.
• Instant Star - DHX Media. Producers: Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn

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

• Street Cents - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Barbara Kennedy, Wendy Purves
• The View from Here - Angry Girls - TVOntario). Producers: Rudy Buttignol, Deborah Parks, Shelley Saywell
• My Brand New Life - National Film Board of Canada. Producers: Ina Fichman, Pierre Lapointe
• Mystery Hunters - Apartment 11 Productions. Producers: Jonathan Finkelstein, Jason Levy, Stacey Tenenbaum
• Nerve - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Ralph Benmergui, Andrea Gabourie

Best Sports Program or Series

• Ben Johnson: Drugs and the Quest for Gold - Infinity Films. Producers: Shel Piercy, Ken Craw
• Life and Times - The Life and Times of Northern Dancer - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Halya Kuchmij, Linda Laughlin, Marie Natanson
• Making the Cut - Network Entertainment. Producers: Derik Murray, John Hamilton, Scott Moore
• Football First: The Roy Shivers Story - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Costa Maragos, Lori Kuffner
• Dave Bidini: The Hockey Nomad - Mercury Films. Producers: Mike Downie, Dave Bidini, Gordon Henderson

Best Live Sporting Event

• 2005 Tim Hortons Brier - CBC Sports. Producer: Don Peppin
• CFL on TSN- Wendy's Friday Night Football: Montreal at Hamilton - TSN. Producers: Paul McLean, Jon Hynes
• The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals - Game Seven: Calgary vs Tampa - CBC Sports. Producers: Joel Darling, Chris Irwin, Sherali Najak

Best Interactive

• Corner Gas www.cornergas.com. Producers: Virginia Thompson, David Storey, Brent Butt, Leif Kaldor (CTV Television Network, Prairie Pants Productions)
• renegadepress.com: renegadepress.com - Vérité Films. Producers: Gail Bryanton, Robert de Lint, Virginia Thompson
• Word Wizard - TVOntario. Producers: Jennifer Burkitt, Pat Ellingson
• Deafplanet: deafplanet.com - Marblemedia, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf. Producers: Mark J.W. Bishop, Matthew Hornburg
• ZeD - The New New Media - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Weston Triemstra, Tammy Everts

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Chris Abraham - I, Claudia (CBC/Sienna Films)
• Don McBrearty - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
• Pierre Gill - The Last Casino (Astral Films)
• David Yates - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Stephen Surjik - Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (Galafilm)

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

• David Wellington - The Eleventh Hour - Bumpy Cover (Alliance Atlantis)
• Steve DiMarco - The Eleventh Hour - In Spite of All the Damage (Alliance Atlantis)
• David Wellington - The Eleventh Hour - Eden (Alliance Atlantis)
• John L'Ecuyer - ReGenesis - Resurrection (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
• Gary Harvey - Cold Squad - And the Fury (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series

• Oleh Rumak - the fifth estate - Do You Believe in Miracles? (CBC)
• Claude Vickery - the fifth estate - The Girl in the Suitcase (CBC)
• Kit Melamed - the fifth estate - Mister Nobody (CBC)
• Morris Karp - the fifth estate - Sticks and Stones (CBC)
• Marie Caloz - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Program

• Kevin McMahon - Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii (Primitive Entertainment)
• John Kastner - Rage Against the Darkness: Bunny and Leona (J.S. Kastner Productions)
• Craig Chivers - No Place Called Home (NFB)
• Avi Lewis - The Take (Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/NFB/Klein Lewis Productions)
• David Vaisbord - Drawing Out The Demons: A Film about the Artist Attila Richard Lukacs (Screen Siren Pictures)
• Peter Raymont - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)

Best Direction in a Documentary Series

• John Zaritsky - College Days, College Nights: Between Past and Present Tense (Point Grey Pictures)
• Karen Shopsowitz - Canada's War in Colour (Yap Films)
• Jackie May - Life's Little Miracles - Home for the Holidays (Slice/CBC)
• Rina Barone - Opening Soon - Milford Bistro (Red Apple Entertainment)
• Carol Moore-Ede - The Nature of Things - Sex Lies and Secrecy: Dissecting Hysterectomy (CBC)

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

• Patrice Sauvé - Ciao Bella - To Forgive Is To Insult (Cirrus Communications)
• Deborah Day - Getting Along Famously (Canadian Accents)
• Henry Sarwer-Foner - Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (CBC)
• Mike Clattenburg - Trailer Park Boys - Working Man (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)
• Shawn Thompson - Puppets Who Kill - Cuddles the Manchurian Candidate (Eggplant Picture & Sound)

Best Direction in a Variety Program or Series

• Mario Rouleau - Cirque du Soleil: Midnight Sun (Arte/Amérimage-Spectra/Bravo!/CBC/Conte IV/Echo Media/ZDFtheaterkanal)
• Shelagh O'Brien - East Coast Music Awards (East Coast Music Association/CBC Halifax)
• Joan Tosoni - Juno Awards of 2005 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/CTV)
• Shelagh O'Brien - The Chieftains in Canada (CBC)
• Joan Tosoni - The Greatest Canadian - Final Showdown (CBC)

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series

• Larry Weinstein - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
• Byron McKim - Quest (Soaring Heart Pictures)
• Veronica Tennant - A Pairing of Swans (Marblemedia/CBC)
• Rosemary House - Bloomsday Cabaret (Rock Island Productions)
• Pierre Séguin - Nomade: At Night, the Sky is Endless (Cirque Éloize)

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

• Henry Less - Made to Order (Mercer St. Films)
• David Hansen - English Teachers III (WestWind Pictures)
• Tracie Tighe - Venture - The Big Switcheroo - FedEx, Part 1 (CBC)
• Mary Lynk - Body of Knowledge (CBC)
• Linda McEwan - Real Renos (Smashing Pictures)
• Romano D'Andrea - Style By Jury (Planetworks)

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

• Graeme Campbell - Instant Star - You Can't Always Get What You Want (DHX Media)
• Mauro Casalese, Jeffrey Agala, Ridd Sorensen - Atomic Betty - Atomic Roger, Toxic Talent (Atomic Cartoons/Breakthrough Entertainment/Tele Images Productions/Marathon Media)
• Robert de Lint - renegadepress.com - Dying to Connect (Vérité Films)
• Richard Mortimer, Sid Goldberg, Robert Higden - Surprise! It's Edible Incredible! - Matthew and Jordan (Apartment 11 Productions)
• J. J. Johnson - This is Daniel Cook - This is Daniel Cook Doing Magic (TVOntario/Treehouse TV/Marblemedia/Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event

• Ron Forsythe - CFL on CBC - 2004 West Division Championship (CBC Sports)
• Paul Hemming - CFL on CBC : Wendy's Friday Night Football - Montreal at Hamilton (CBC Sports)
• Paul Hemming - 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Gold Medal Game (TSN)
• Troy Clara - 2004 Memorial Cup - Final Game (Rogers Sportsnet)

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Alan Di Fiore, Chris Haddock - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
• Paul Gross, John Krizanc - H2O - Night 1 (Whizbang Films)
• Abi Morgan - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• John Goldsmith, John Kent Harrison - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures, Powercorp)
• Barbara Samuels - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Semi Chellas, Tassie Cameron - The Eleventh Hour - Bumpy Cover (Alliance Atlantis)
• Tassie Cameron - The Eleventh Hour - Hit Delete (Alliance Atlantis)
• Chris Haddock, Sylvia Leung, Jesse McKeown - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Must Be a Night For Fires (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
• Dani Romain, George F. Walker - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.11 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Jason Sherman - ReGenesis - Spare Parts (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
• Martin Gero - Stargate Atlantis - The Brotherhood (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)

Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series

• Ken Finkleman - The Newsroom - Baghdad Bound (100% Film and Television/CBC/Showcase, Telefilm Canada)
• Kevin White, Irwin Barker, Gavin Crawford, Mark Critch, Barry Julien, Gary Pearson, Jennifer Whalen - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 12.12 (Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
• Colin Mochrie - Getting Along Famously (Canadian Accents)
• Mary Walsh, Ed Macdonald - Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (CBC)
• Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Jonathan Torrens, Michael A Volpe, Mike Smith, Iain Macleod - Trailer Park Boys Christmas Special (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)

Best Writing in an Information Program or Series

• Linden MacIntyre - the fifth estate - War Without Borders (CBC)
• Victor Malarek, Margo Harper - W5 - Town Without Pity (CTV)
• Bob McKeown - the fifth estate - Sticks and Stones (CBC)
• Hana Gartner - the fifth estate - The Canadian (CBC)
• Carol Off - The National/CBC News - Of Beauty Queens and Fatwas (CBC)

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series

• Thomas Wallner - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
• Steve Markle - Camp Hollywood (Hirsh Markle Films)
• Terence McKenna - The National/CBC News - Bribes From Baghdad (CBC)
• Peter Chappell, Arnie Gelbart, Stéphane Horel - The Origins of AIDS (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Galafilm, Channel Four Television Corporation, Frame 2, Les Films de la Passerelle, Multimédia France Productions, Produce+, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone, Pathé Archives)
• Susan Martin - Runaway Grooms (Asli Films)

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth's Program or Series

• Derek Schreyer - 15/Love - Renewal (Marathon Media)
• Heather Conkie, Jana Sinyor - Dark Oracle (Cookie Jar Entertainment/Shaftesbury Films)
• Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton - King - Stolen Voices (Decode Entertainment/Funbag Animation Studios)
• Barry Julien, David Acer, Ramelle Mair - Mystery Hunters - Anastasia, Anna Anderson (Apartment 11 Productions)
• Jordan Wheeler - renegadepress.com - Dying to Connect (Vérité Films)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Brendan Fletcher - The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions/Studio Eight Productions/Voice Pictures)
• Chris Diamantopoulos - Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (NBC Studios/Nomadic Pictures/Once Upon a Time Films)
• Jonathan Scarfe - Burn: The Robert Wraight Story (Alberta Filmworks/CTV/Monkeywrench Productions/Tapestry Pictures)
• Charles Martin Smith - The Last Casino (Astral Films)
• John Simm - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Kristen Thomson - I, Claudia (CBC, Sienna Films)
• Tina Keeper - Distant Drumming (Seven24 Films)
• Wendy Crewson - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Anamaria Marinca - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Alisen Down - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Michael Riley - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.13 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Nicholas Campbell - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Mr. Ellis Himself Woulda Been Proud (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
• Jeff Seymour - The Eleventh Hour - In Spite of All the Damage (Alliance Atlantis)
• Ben Bass - The Eleventh Hour - Eden (Alliance Atlantis)
• Peter Outerbridge - ReGenesis - Baby Bomb (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Cara Pifko - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.12 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Waneta Storms - The Eleventh Hour - Hit Delete (Alliance Atlantis)
• Julie Stewart - Cold Squad - And the Fury (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)
• Victoria Snow - Paradise Falls - Old Friends (Breakthrough Entertainment)
• Tammy Isbell - Paradise Falls - What's the Hold Up? (Breakthrough Entertainment)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

• Henry Czerny - The Eleventh Hour - Zugzwang (Alliance Atlantis)
• Shawn Doyle - The Eleventh Hour - Bumpy Cover (Alliance Atlantis)
• Luke Kirby - The Eleventh Hour - Hit Delete (Alliance Atlantis)
• David Cubitt - The Eleventh Hour - The Miracle Worker (Alliance Atlantis)
• Bernard Behrens - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.07 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series

• Kristin Booth - ReGenesis - Spare Parts (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
• Lolita Davidovich - The Eleventh Hour - Pot Kettle Black (Alliance Atlantis)
• Fiona Reid - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.10 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Dawn Greenhalgh - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.06 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Ann Holloway - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.12 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Diana Pavlovská - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

• Michael Murphy - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.02 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Michael Healey - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.07 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Tom Rooney - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.08 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Noel Fisher - Godiva's - Masters of Delusion (Keatley Entertainment/CHUM)
• Dmitry Chepovetsky - ReGenesis - The Promise (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series

• Ellen Page - ReGenesis - Black Out (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
• Catherine Fitch - This Is Wonderland - Episode 2.08 (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions)
• Sonja Bennett - Cold Squad - Righteous (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)
• Ellen Dubin - The Collector - The Campaign Manager (No Equal Entertainment)
• Kate Trotter - Paradise Falls - The Dark Side (Breakthrough Entertainment)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Richard Zeppieri - Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying (Shaftesbury Films)
• Chris Potter - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Luke Kirby - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Stefan Arngrim - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
• Jean Pierre Bergeron - Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story (Screen Door)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

• Maria Popistasu - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Martha Henry - H2O - Night 1 (Whizbang Films)
• Miranda Handford - Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (Galafilm)
• Layla Alizada - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
• Alberta Watson - Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Choice Films)

Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

• Mary Walsh - Hatching, Matching and Dispatching (CBC)
• Levi MacDougall - Comedy Now! - Levi MacDougall (CTV/Hi Guys Ten Productions)
• Irwin Barker - Halifax Comedy Festival (CBC Television)
• Lewis Black - Just for Laughs (Just for Laughs Comedy Festival/Les Films Rozon)
• Colin Fox - Puppets Who Kill - Buttons the Dresser (Eggplant Picture & Sound)

Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series

• Cory Bowles, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Jonathan Torrens, Lucy Decoutere, Barrie Dunn, John Dunsworth, Jeanna Harrison, Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson, Tyrone Parsons, Patrick Roach, Mike Smith, Shelley Thompson, Michael Jackson, Garry James - Trailer Park Boys - Working Man (Showcase/Topsail Entertainment)
• Rick Green, Ron Pardo, Janet van de Graaf, Bob Bainborough, Teresa Pavlinek - History Bites - Elizabeth & Mary: Queen Takes Queen, Checkmate (The History Channel)
• Gord Robertson, James Rankin, Bob Martin, Dan Redican, Bruce Hunter - Puppets Who Kill - Buttons on a Hot Tin Roof (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
• Martin Huisman, Louis Philippe Dandenault, Richard Jutras, Annie Bovaird, Paula Boudreau, Alain Goulem, Tracey Hoyt, Kate Greenhouse, Ryan Tilson, Christian Potenza, Cas Anvar, Victor Chowdhury, Dean McDermott, Swikriti Sarkar - The Tournament - Saturday at the Tournament (Adjacent 2 Entertainment/CBC)
• Cathy Jones, Shaun Majumder, Gavin Crawford, Mark Critch - This Hour Has 22 Minutes - Episode 12.12 (Alliance Atlantis/CBC)

Best Performance or Host in a Variety Program or Series

• Jon Pilatzke, Mathan Pilatzke - The Chieftains in Canada (CBC)
• Jamie Cullum - Live at the Rehearsal Hall (Bravo!)
• Alexander Sevastian, Jacques Wood-Eloi, Anne Plamondon, Kristina Reiko Cooper, Cynthia Steljes, Kinga Mitrowska, Peter de Sotto - Canada Day 2004: Merci Montréal (CBC)
• Alex Lifeson, Mike Smith, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Ed Robertson - Canada for Asia (CBC)
• Archie Alleyne, Russ Little, Doug Richardson, Alexis Baro, Ronald Johnston, Michael Shand, Frank Wright - Makin' Noise for Salome (CBC)

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series

• Robert Sokolowski, Josianne Levasseur, Karin Delzors, Pierre-Alexandre Dion, Ewelina Fijolek, Yamoussa Bangoura, Lena Reis, Langis Turcotte, Suzanne Soler, Bartlomiej Soroczynski, Andrzej Sokolowski, Josianne Laporte, Stefan Johannes Wepfer, Sonia Painchaud, Éric Saintonge, Guillaume Saladin - Nomade: At Night, the Sky is Endless (Cirque Éloize)
• George Gao, Sarah Slean - 2004 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (CBC)
• Evelyn Hart, Rex Harrington - A Pairing of Swans (Marblemedia/CBC)
• Byron Chief-Moon - Quest (Soaring Heart Pictures)

Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

• Ksenia Solo - renegadepress.com - Can You See Me Now (Vérité Films)
• Laurence Leboeuf - 15/Love - Ghost of a Chance (Marathon Media)
• Alexz Johnson - Instant Star - Won't Get Fooled Again (DHX Media)
• Tasha Pelletier - renegadepress.com - Union (Vérité Films)
• Tatiana Maslany - renegadepress.com - Giving Yourself Away (Vérité Films)
• Daniel Cook - This is Daniel Cook - This is Daniel Cook Doing Magic (TVOntario/Treehouse TV/Marblemedia/Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Best News Anchor

• Kevin Newman - Global National (Global)
• Lloyd Robertson - CTV National News (CTV)
• Peter Mansbridge - The National/CBC News (CBC)

Best Reportage

• David Akin - CTV National News - CityNews at Six (CTV)
• Adrienne Arsenault - The National/CBC News (CBC)
• David Common - The National/CBC News (CBC)
• Lisa LaFlamme - CTV National News - Mayerthorpe RCMP Murders (CTV)
• Janis Mackey Frayer - CTV National News - CityNews at Six (CTV)

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series

• Wendy Mesley - Marketplace - Heart of the Matter, Buying Into Sexy (CBC)
• Bob McKeown - the fifth estate - Bio of Dick Cheney, Do You Believe in Miracles?, Sticks and Stones (CBC)
• Gillian Findlay - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)
• Seamus O'Regan - Canada AM - Aug 06, 2004, Apr 26, 2005, Mar 7, 2005 (CTV)
• Carole MacNeil - CBC News: Sunday (CBC)

Best Host or Interviewer in a Lifestyle/General Interest or Talk Program or Series

• Evan Solomon - Hot Type (CBC Newsworld)
• Avery Haines - Health on the Line (HOTL Productions)
• Evan Solomon - CBC News: Sunday Night (CBC)
• Mary Walsh - The Greatest Canadian - The Great Frederick Banting (CBC)
• Jay Ingram - Daily Planet - Tsunami Special (Discovery Channel)

Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series

• Kevin Brauch - The Thirsty Traveler - Absinthe (Grasslands Entertainment)
• Marilyn Denis - CityLine (Citytv)
• Mike Holmes - Holmes on Homes (General Purpose Entertainment)
• Gregory Charles - 2004 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (CBC)
• Candice Olson - Divine Design (Fusion Television)

Best Host or Interviewer in a Sports Program or Sportscast

• Scott Russell - CBC Sports Saturday (CBC Sports)
• Tom Harrington - The National/CBC News - Sports Journal: Olympic Standards/Sports Psychologist (CBC)
• James Duthie - Canada's Game: Hockey Lives Here (TSN)
• Darren Dreger - 2004 Playoff Edition: Theoren Fleury (TSN)
• Deborah Grey - The Greatest Canadian - The Great Wayne Gretzky (CBC)

Best Sports Play-by-Play or Analyst

• Byron MacDonald, Steve Armitage - Athens 2004: The Olympic Games Aquatics Coverage
• Glen Suitor - CFL on TSN- Wendy's Friday Night Football: Montreal at Hamilton (TSN)
• Bob Cole, Harry Neale - The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals - Game Six: Calgary vs Tampa (CBC)

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Bernard Couture - The Last Casino (Astral Films)
• Chris Seager - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• David Frazee - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
• Jean Lépine - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures, Powercorp)
• Norayr Kasper - The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton (Muse Entertainment/Indian Grove Productions/Studio Eight Productions/Voice Pictures)

Best Photography in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

• Rick McVicar - Puppets Who Kill - Cuddles the Manchurian Candidate (Eggplant Picture & Sound)
• Christopher J. Romeike - Opening Night - The Four Seasons Mosaic (CBC)
• Horst Zeidler - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
• Réal Truchon - Canada Day 2004: Merci Montréal (CBC)
• Jean-Pierre St-Louis - Naked Josh - Celibacy (Sextant Productions/Cirrus Communications)
• Steve Cosens - Show Me Yours, Chapter One (Barna-Alper Productions/IYD Productions)

Best Photography in an Information Program or Series

• Ian Hannah - Past Life Investigation (CBC)
• Paul Seeler - the fifth estate - First, Do No Harm (CBC)
• Jim Nilson - CBC News: Country Canada - Legacy (CBC)
• Richard Agecoutay - No Glory (CBC)
• Aldo Columpsi, Ted Hilbig - Football First: The Roy Shivers Story (CBC)

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series

• Derek Rogers - The Nature of Things - Shipbreakers (CBC)
• Douglas Pike, John Westheuser - Rage Against the Darkness: Bunny and Leona (J.S. Kastner Productions)
• Christopher Ball, Robert MacDonald - Diet of Souls (Triad Film Productions)
• Jay Ferguson - Animals
• John Westheuser - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)

Best Visual Effects

• Michelle Comens, Tom Brydon, Jose Burgos, John Gajdecki, Dan Mayer, Jinnie Pak, Wes Sargent, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate Atlantis - Rising (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
• Paul Furminger, Abel Milanes - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)
• Michelle Comens, Simon Ager, Jose Burgos, Geoff Anderson, Dan Mayer, Mark Breakspear, Tara Conley, Bruce Woloshyn, Tristam Gieni, Todd Liddiard - Stargate Atlantis - The Eye (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)
• Michelle Comens, James Halverson, Brett Keyes, Krista McLean, Bradley Mullennix, James Rorick, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson - Stargate SG-1 - New Order, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
• James Tichenor, Chris Doll, Shannon Gurney, James Halverson, Krista McLean, Craig Van Den Biggelaar, Karen Watson, Bruce Woloshyn - Stargate SG-1 - Lost City, Part 2 (Stargate SG-1 Productions)
• Steven Hodgson, Rosemary Conte - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Sylvain Lebel - The Last Casino (Astral Films)
• Tom Joerin - ReGenesis - Spare Parts (The Movie Network/Movie Central/Shaftesbury Films)
• Mark Day - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Mike Lee - Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story (Screen Door)
• Ron Wisman - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures/Powercorp)

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety, Performing Arts Program or Series

• Stéphanie Grégoire, Gareth C. Scales - The Tournament (Adjacent 2 Entertainment/CBC)
• Cathy Gulkin, Jeff Bessner - Opening Night - The Four Seasons Mosaic (CBC)
• Peter Steel, Jessica McKee - ZeD - Art and Soul (CBC)
• David New - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
• Ken Gray, Tharanga Ramanayake - Freedom - Rubberbandance (Sound Venture International)

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series

• Loretta Hicks - the fifth estate - Sticks and Stones (CBC)
• Leslie Steven Onody - the fifth estate - War Without Borders (CBC)
• Claude Panet-Raymond - the fifth estate - Do You Believe in Miracles? (CBC)
• Gil Tétreault - CBC News: Country Canada - Shoot, Shovel & Shut Up (CBC)
• Michael Hannan - Past Life Investigation (CBC)

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series

• Michèle Hozer - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)
• Ricardo Acosta - The Take (Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/NFB/Klein Lewis Productions)
• Jim Goertzen - The Greatest Canadian - The Great Tommy Douglas (CBC)
• Lawrence Jackman - Animals
• Deborah Palloway - The Nature of Things - Shipbreakers (CBC)

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Candida Otton - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Jean-François Campeau - The Last Casino (Astral Films)
• Philip Schmidt - Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (NBC Studios/Nomadic Pictures/Once Upon a Time Films)
• Kathleen Climie - Dark Oracle - Recruitment (Cookie Jar Entertainment/Shaftesbury Films)
• Ron Stefaniuk, Pamela Mingo - The Doodlebops - Growing Moe (Cookie Jar Entertainment)

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Dramatic Program or Series

• Peter Faragher - Juno Awards of 2005 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/CTV)
• Callum MacLachlan - 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards (MuchMusic)
• Jean Babin - Ciao Bella - Magic (Cirrus Communications)
• Sherri Hay - The Surreal Gourmet (Salad Daze Productions)
• Guy Lalande - The Tournament (Adjacent 2 Entertainment/CBC)

Best Costume Design

• Anushia Nieradzik - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Michael Harris - H2O - Night 1 (Whizbang Films)
• Siobhan Gray - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
• Madeleine Stewart - Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying (Shaftesbury Films)
• Nicoletta Massone - Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (Choice Films)

Best Achievement in Make-Up

• Marilyn O’Quinn - The Eleventh Hour - Zugzwang (Alliance Atlantis)
• Beverley Keigher - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
• Samantha Rumball - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
• Djina Caron - Ciao Bella - Magic (Cirrus Communications)
• Todd Masters, Leah Ehman - Stargate Atlantis - Before I Sleep (Acme Shark Productions/Sony Pictures Television)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program

• John Laing, Todd Beckett, Robert Bertola, Keith Elliott, Mark Gingras, Tim O’Connell, Jill Purdy, John J. Thomson, Mark Zsifkovits - Lives of the Saints (Capri Films/PowerCorp/RTI)
• Leon Johnson, Jean-Raphaël Dedieu, Don Dickson, Peter Hodges, Virginia Storey, Mark Wright - A Bear Named Winnie (Original Pictures, Powercorp)
• Sylvain Arseneault, Kathy Choi, Sue Conley, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Martin Lee, David McCallum, Ian Rankin, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol - H2O (Whizbang Films)
• Kathy Choi, Barry Gilmore, Steve Hammond, Ronayne Higginson, Janice Ierulli, Garrett Kerr, Stephan Carrier, David McCallum, Lou Solakofski, Mark Shnuriwsky, Jane Tattersall, Robert Warchol, Rod Deogrades, Simon Okin, Jane Porter - Sex Traffic - Part 1 (Big Motion Pictures)
• Patrick Haskill, Brad Hillman, Andre Iwanchuk, Nicole Thompson, James Kusan, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)

Best Sound in a Dramatic Series

• Kelly Cole, Rick Bal, Jacqueline Cristianini, Mike Olekshy, Joe Spivak - Cold Squad - And the Fury (Keatley MacLeod Productions/Alliance Atlantis)
• Brad Hillman, Patrick Haskill, Miguel Nunes, John R.S. Taylor, Nicole Thompson, William Skinner - Da Vinci’s Inquest - Before They Twist The Knife (Haddock Entertainment/Barna-Alper Productions/Alliance Atlantis/CBC)
• Justin Drury, Ric Jurgens - Radio Free Roscoe - There Will Be No Encore Tonight (Decode Entertainment)
• Warren St. Onge, Rob Bryanton, Jeff Hamon, Larry McCormick, Evan Rust - renegadepress.com - Dying to Connect (Vérité Films)
• Mark Hensley, Stephen Cheung, Ian Emberton, Craig Stauffer, Greg Stewart - The Collector - The Historian (No Equal Entertainment)

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety, or Performing Arts Program or Series

• Joe Knauer, Jane Tattersall, David Rose, David McCallum, Sanjay Mehta, Martin Lee, Steve Hammond, Lou Solakofski, Brent Pickett, Ronayne Higginson, Jiri Slanina - Beethoven's Hair (BBC/CBC/Dor Film/Rhombus Media/Telefilm Canada/Xenophile Media)
• Joe Petrella, Jeff Wolpert - The Language of Love
• Ron Searles, Danny Greenspoon - The Magical Gathering (CBC)
• Philippe Scultéty, Peter Lopata, Roger Guérin, Stan Sakellaropoulos, Tony Jackson - Fungus the Bogeyman - Episode 2 (BBC/Galafilm/Indie Kids/Powercorp)
• Ian Dunbar, Doug McClement, Howard Baggley, Marc Laliberté, Simon Bowers, Michael Molineux, Peter Campbell - Juno Awards of 2005 (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/CTV)

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series

• Chris McIntosh, Brent Marchenski, Alexander Hall - Making the Cut, Episode 12 (Network Entertainment)
• Jeremy Short, Chris Cobain, John Clarke - Life and Times - Ashley MacIssac: Me, Myself and The Devil (CBC)
• Jakob Thiesen, Daniel Pellerin, Russell Walker, Alan Geldart, Ao Loo - Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (White Pine Pictures/CBC)
• Brian Schwarz, Dwayne Newman, Daniel Pellerin, Jason Milligan, Geoff Raffan - The Take (Barna-Alper Productions/CBC/NFB/Klein Lewis Productions)
• Kevin Tokar, Philip Strong - Continuous Journey (Peripheral Visions)
• France Leduc, Nicholas Gagnon, Fredéric Cloutier, Bernard Gariépy Strobl - Be the Creature - Expedition Orangutan Decode Entertainment/Kratt Brothers Company)

Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series

• Amin Bhatia - In The Dark (Megalomania Films)
• Jonathan Goldsmith - Chasing Freedom (Alberta Filmworks/Blueprint Entertainment)
• Armando Trovajoli - Lives of the Saints (Capri Films/PowerCorp/RTI)
• Schaun Tozer - The Life (CTV/Haddock Entertainment/Odd Man Out Productions/Sarrazin Couture Entertainment)
• Robert Carli - Murdoch Mysteries: Except the Dying (Shaftesbury Films)

Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series

• Gary Koftinoff - Dark Oracle (Cookie Jar Entertainment/Shaftesbury Films)
• Luc Sicard - Ciao Bella - Catherine The Great (Cirrus Communications)
• Colin Towns - Fungus the Bogeyman - Episode 1 (BBC/Galafilm/Indie Kids/Powercorp)
• James Jandrisch - Show Me Yours, The Following Game (Barna-Alper Productions/IYD Productions)
• Carl Lenox - The Doodlebops - ABRACADEEDEE (Cookie Jar Entertainment)

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

• Murray C. Anderson, Warrick Sony - Life and Times - Madiba: The Life & Times of Nelson Mandela (CBC)
• Philip Strong, Kiran Ahluwalia, Ben Grossman, Shahid Ali Khan, Mark Korven, Ravi Naimpally - Continuous Journey (Peripheral Visions)
• Mark Korven - Winning
• Daniel Toussaint - Miracle Planet - The Violent Past (NHK/NFB)
• Christian Clermont, Claude Castonguay, Marc Ouellette - Mystery Hunters - Anastasia, Anna Anderson (Apartment 11 Productions)

Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series

• Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner - King - Stolen Voices (Decode Entertainment/Funbag Animation Studios)
• Amin Bhatia, Meiro Stamm - Franny's Feet - You Bug Me, Double Trouble - Decode Entertainment/Family Channel/Channel 5)
• Jeff Danna - Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids - Humbug, Dashing Through the Snow (Nelvana, Callaway Arts & Entertainment)
• Ian Thomas - Care Bears - Journey to Joke-a-Lot (DIC Entertainment)
• Serge Côté - Kevin Spencer - The Buck Stops Here (Atomic Productions)

Special Awards

• Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism - David Halton
• Earle Grey Award - Steve Smith
• Academy Achievement Award - David Greene
• Canada Award: Tasha Hubbard, Bonnie Thompson - Two Worlds Colliding
• Gemini Humanitarian Award - Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, Don Ferguson - Air Farce Live
• Viewer's Choice Award for Lifestyle Host: Marilyn Denis, CityLine
• Gemini Award for Most Popular Website Competition: Sandy Yang, Wendy Smith, Noelle Paredes - Canadian Idol - idol.ctv.ca

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