Crave and APTN lumi limited series Little Bird was the big winner at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) on Wednesday (May 29), picking up a total of 11 trophies across the Television Craft Awards and the Television Program and Performance Awards.

Little Bird‘s (Rezolution Pictures, Original Pictures) wins include Best Direction, Drama for Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, as well as awards for photography, picture editing, production design and art direction, costume, makeup and chair.

CBC’s Sort Of (Sphere Media) and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (IoM Media), as well as TVOKid’s PAW Patrol (Spin Master Entertainment), tied for second-most wins for the day with four each.

Sort Of won Best Direction, Comedy for Fab Filippo, as well as honours for photography, picture editing and original song.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes (IoM Media) earned Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series, as well as honours for directing and writing in the variety or sketch comedy category, and Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble) for Mark Critch, Trent McClellan, Aba Amuquandoh, Stacey McGunnigle and Chris Wilson.

PAW Patrol (Spin Master Entertainment) won Best Pre-School Program or Series, as well as writing and sound awards in the animation category, and Best Performance, Animation for Jayne Eastwood.

CTV’s Transplant (Sphere Media) and YTV’s The Hardy Boys (Lambur Productions) picked up three trophies each. Transplant won Best Guest Performance, Drama for Daniel Maslany,  as well as Best Writing, Drama for Joseph Kay and Rachel Langer, and an honour for visual effects.

Lifetime’s The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (KR MB Films) led the TV movie category with another three wins, including Best TV Movie, best direction for Simone Stock and best lead performer for Katie Douglas.

A number of series pick up two awards apiece. The Hardy Boys won Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series, as well as directing and writing awards for Felipe Rodriguez and Chris Pozzebon, respectively. TVO’s All-Round Champion (marblemedia) picked Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series, and an honour for picture editing in the children’s and youth category.

In the comedy category, CTV’s Children Ruin Everything (New Metric Media) won best writing for Kurt Smeaton and supporting performer for (New Metric Media Inc.) Ennis Esmer.

How to Fail as a Popstar (Sphere Media) won Best Web Program or Series, Fiction, as well as a writing honour for Vivek Shraya. Fellow web series The Drop (True West Films) won a lead performance award for Aisha Evelyna and supporting performance for Aurora Browne.

Additional winners of the night include TVOKids’ Wild Kratts (9 Story Media Group, Kratt Brothers Company) with Best Animated Program or Series; Crave’s The Amityville Curse (Incendo Media) with Best Writing, TV Movie for Dennis Heaton; CBC’s Dino Ranch (Boat Rocker, Industrial Brothers), with Best Writing, Pre-School for Richard Young; and Family Jr.’s Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood (9 Story Media Group, Fred Rogers Productions) with Best Direction, Animation for Tammy Langton.

The full list of winners is available on the Canadian Academy’s website.

Photo by George Pimentel Photography, Little Bird co-creator and showrunner Jennifer Podemski pictured